January 1st, 2002 - January 1st, 2002 | PROJECT
In spite of their importance and abundance, we do not know much about the spiders in Los Angeles. There are no truly large collections of urban spiders from this area, as most collectors concentrate on studying natural areas. As an important international port, new species of spiders from various parts of the world are always being accidentally introduced into the Los Angeles area, and some of these have established breeding populations. We need to know how widespread these introduced species have become, and how they have interacted with the native spiders. Also, we want to know how urbanization and the loss of natural habitat has affected populations and distributions of naturally occurring spiders.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
http://www.nhm.org/site/activities-programs/citizen-science/spider-survey
Team Members
Brian Brown, Principal Investigator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyJanet Kempf, Principal Investigator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Lila Higgins, Project Manager, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Tags
Audience: Adults | Families | General Public | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Citizen Science Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Park | Outdoor | Garden Programs | Public Programs