ATBI

The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI), a project of Discover Life in America (DLIA), seeks to inventory the estimated 100,000 species of living organisms in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The project will develop checklists, reports, maps, databases, and natural history profiles that describe the biology of this rich landscape to a wide audience.

The species level of biological diversity is central to the ATBI, but the project is developed within an ecological and conservation context and encourages understanding at other levels of organization, including genetic variation within species and ecosystem descriptions.

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Upcoming DLIA/ATBI Events

International Day for Biological Diversity

May 22, 2013

Firefly Viewing

May 31, 2013

Tree Team Twin Creeks Arthropod Sorting

Repeats every month on the third Thursday until Thu Nov 21 2013 .
June 20, 2013
July 18, 2013
August 15, 2013
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Species Count

New To Science: 923

New To The Park: 7,636

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Living With Rarity

"...rare species have adapted to cope with life at low densities, in small areas, or in restricted habitats. Unfortunately, wild nature is no longer being left to its own devices, and many species face a tenuous future. Our own species, now shooting past 7 billion and far from rare, faces a different challenge: how to live sustainably without destroying the last strongholds of rarity. For rare species the struggle is to hang on for dear life until, one day, humans gain the wisdom and humility to share nature's kingdom."

From The Kingdom of Rarities (2013, p. 14, Island Press)
Dr. Eric Dinerstein, Chief Scientist with the World Wildlife Fund
Our 2013 ATBI Conference Keynote Speaker

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