Using BOLD as an ecological analysis tool, co-analysing multiple types of data, accessing published BOLD data.

1. Ecological Analyses Using BOLD Sarah Adamowicz, Assistant Professor Biodiversity Institute of Ontario & Dept. Integrative Biology University of Guelph

2. 1- Managing and co-analyzing multiple types of data 2- Studying biological, habitat, and geographical associations 3- Accessing published data and co-analyzing published data with your own 4- Accumulation curves and biodiversity inventories 5- Using BINs as proxies for species in ecological research Types of Ecological Analyses BOLD Can Facilitate

4. BOLD Systems – Data Analysis

5. 2- Studying Biological Associations, e.g. between caterpillars and host plants

6. Smith M. A. et.al. PNAS 2008;105:12359-12364 Host Specialists or Generalists?

8. Diptera Larvae from Churchill Extra Info: Type of Pond

9. Churchill Mites Collected from Different Substrates Extra Info: Lichen Types

13. Churchill Northern Studies Centre Sub Arctic Low Arctic High Arctic 4- Using BOLD to Inform Biodiversity Surveys The Case of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

14. Species Accumulation Curve Tool Available in BOLD Insect Orders Marine Taxa Number of Individuals Number of Species/Clusters

15. Species Accumulation Curve Tool Available in BOLD Insect Orders Marine Taxa Number of Individuals Number of Species/Clusters

16. Zhou et al. 2009. Frontiers in Zoology. 6, 30. Similar trends often shown when biodiversity quantified in different ways Accumulation of EPT Diversity in Churchill Trichoptera Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Barcode Clusters Phylogenetic Diversity Morphospecies Number of Individuals