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Devin Edmonds

Devin Edmonds is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences working in the Population and Community Ecology (PaCE) lab with Dr. Michael Dreslik. His research focuses on understanding the ecology of threatened species to inform conservation efforts. For his dissertation, he is studying the endangered Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii as part of a conservation action plan for the species.
What do you see as the primary benefit to you of archiving your data in a repository?
Depositing data in the Illinois Data Bank makes me feel like I didn't just do this research project for myself. These data are now in a public repository where they will be preserved and available for future use. Anybody can now learn from the data we have collected. It makes me feel good about the work I have done.