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msc_biodiversityinformatics_studentprojectdata

Citation

Mzumara-Gawa T I, Kanyamula F, Phadima M, Matemba S M, Mphalo F, Gawa T (2024). msc_biodiversityinformatics_studentprojectdata. Version 1.3. Malawi University of Science and Technology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8w2uje accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-15.

Description

This contains data from postgraduate students from the MSc Biodiversity Informatics students at MUST. This programme was developed with funding from JRS Biodiversity Foundation. Data sents from Cohort 1 and 2 were collected from student projects funded by small grants from JRS funding. Projects cover both freshwater and terrestrial systems

Taxonomic Coverages

Plantae and Animalia kingdom data
  1. Adansonia
    common name: digitata rank: species
  2. Apidae
    common name: Bees rank: family
  3. Odonata
    common name: Aquatic Macroinverts rank: family
  4. Anura
    common name: Herps rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Data is from different parts of Malawi

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Tiwonge I Mzumara-Gawa
originator
position: Lecturer - Coordinator MSc BI
Malawi University of Science and Technology
Thyolo
MW
email: biodiversity@must.ac.mw
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-9853
Frank Kanyamula
originator
position: Student
MUST
Thyolo
MW
email: nsces-011-bi-21@must.ac.mw
Mampho Phadima
originator
position: Student
MUST
Thyolo
MW
email: nsces-007-bi-21@must.ac.mw
Samantha Manasseh Matemba
originator
position: Student
MUST
MW
email: nsces-005-bi-21@must.ac.mw
Fred Mphalo
originator
position: Student
MUST
Thyolo
Southern
Tiwonge Gawa
metadata author
position: Lecturer
MUST
MW
email: tgawa@must.ac.mw
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-9853
Tiwonge Gawa
user
email: birdsmalawi@gmail.com
Tiwonge I Mzumara-Gawa
administrative point of contact
position: Lecturer - Coordinator MSc BI
Malawi University of Science and Technology
Thyolo
MW
email: biodiversity@must.ac.mw
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-9853
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