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Research Project: Science and Technologies for the Sustainable Management of Western Rangeland Systems

Location: Range Management Research

Title: Data management in excel and R using national ecological observatory network's (NEON) small mammal data

Author
item MARITZ, MARGUERITE - University Of Texas - El Paso
item McCord, Sarah

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/13/2021
Publication Date: 1/13/2021
Citation: Maritz, M., Mccord, S.E. 2021. Data management in excel and R using national ecological observatory network's (NEON) small mammal data. Meeting Abstract. https://doi.org/10.25334/Q4XH5S.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25334/Q4XH5S

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Undergraduate STEM students are graduating into professions that require them to manage and work with data at many points of a data management life cycle. Within ecology, students are presented not only with many opportunities to collect data themselves, but increasingly to access and use public data collected by others. This activity introduces the basic concept of data management, spreadsheet management, and metadata to allow meaningful data analysis. The accompanying presentation materials mention the importance of considering long-term data storage and data analysis using public data.