A regionally coherent ecological fingerprint of climate change, evidenced from natural history collections
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9471
Abstract: Abstract Climate change has dramatic impacts on ecological systems, affecting a range of ecological factors including phenology, species abundance, diversity, and distribution. The breadth of climate change impacts on ecological systems leads to the occurrence… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; climate change; change; phenology ... See more keywords
When natural history collections reveal secrets on data deficient threatened species: Atlantic seahorses as a case study
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1385-x
Abstract: Natural history collections from museums and private institutions can play an important role supporting decisions in biodiversity conservation. Seahorse populations have suffered a worldwide decline, while many areas remain data deficient including areas subjected to… read more here.
Keywords: data deficient; natural history; west african; history collections ... See more keywords
How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x2200075x
Abstract: Abstract Many of the most contentious questions that concern the ecology of helminths could be resolved with data on helminth abundance over the past few decades or centuries, but unfortunately these data are rare. A… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; information; ecology; use natural ... See more keywords
Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz163
Abstract: Natural history collections (NHCs) are the foundation of historical baselines for assessing anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity. Along these lines, the online mobilization of specimens via digitization—the conversion of specimen data into accessible digital content—has greatly… read more here.
Keywords: digitization future; digitization; history collections; natural history ... See more keywords
Harnessing natural history collections to detect trends in body‐size change as a response to warming: A critique and review of best practices
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DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13861
Abstract: Specimen‐based data have played a central role in documenting body‐size shifts as a possible response to global warming over the last century. Identification of the drivers and patterns of these trends requires comparisons across taxa,… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; best practices; body size; size ... See more keywords
Declining growth of natural history collections fails future generations
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001613
Abstract: New additions of vertebrate specimens to natural history collections are declining in the midst of widespread and accelerating environmental change. Reversing these trends in collecting efforts is essential for addressing future unforeseen ecological issues. read more here.
Keywords: collections fails; history collections; natural history; growth natural ... See more keywords
DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264930
Abstract: Natural history collections are essential to a wide variety of studies in biology because they maintain large collections of specimens and associated data, including genetic material (e.g., tissues) for DNA sequence data, yet they are… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; history; dna barcode; history collections ... See more keywords
A workflow for expanding DNA barcode reference libraries through ‘museum harvesting’ of natural history collections
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DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e100677
Abstract: Natural history collections are the physical repositories of our knowledge on species, the entities of biodiversity. Making this knowledge accessible to society – through, for example, digitisation or the construction of a validated, global DNA… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; dna; dna barcode; museum harvesting ... See more keywords
Using natural history collections to investigate changes in pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) geographic ranges through time
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10843
Abstract: Pangolins, often considered the world’s most trafficked wild mammals, have continued to experience rapid declines across Asia and Africa. All eight species are classed as either Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the International Union… read more here.
Keywords: collections investigate; time; natural history; history collections ... See more keywords
The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8225
Abstract: Natural history museums are unique spaces for interdisciplinary research and educational innovation. Through extensive exhibits and public programming and by hosting rich communities of amateurs, students, and researchers at all stages of their careers, they… read more here.
Keywords: museum; science; global museum; natural history ... See more keywords