A Computer Vision Method for Finding Mislabelled Specimens Within Natural History Collections [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNatural history collections are essential for biodiversity and evolution research and for studying biotic responses to global change. However, the numbers of specimens within natural history collections pose management challenges.
Jack D. Hollister +8 more
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The Genomic Resources Collection Policy of the Finnish Museum of Natural History [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2021 The Genomic Resources Collection is a separate, independently managed part of the natural history collections of the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus specifically intended for consumptive research. The GRC policy deals with the materials that are
Gunilla Ståhls +11 more
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iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2017 The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support ...
Vladimir Blagoderov +29 more
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Digitisation of the Natural History Museum’s collection of Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and the subtribe Phaseolinae (Fabaceae, Faboideae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 In 2018, the Natural History Museum (NHMUK, herbarium code: BM) undertook a pilot digitisation project together with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (project Lead) and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to collectively digitise non-type herbarium material ...
Krisztina Lohonya +4 more
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Palaeontology Collection Policy [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2021 The Paleontological Collection (PalCo) is one of partial collections of the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus. General principles and guidelines for the collections are defined in the General Collection Policy of Luomus.
Björn Kröger +9 more
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A global approach for natural history museum collections
Science, 2023 Description Integration of the world’s natural history collections can provide a resource for decision-makers Over the past three centuries, people have collected objects and specimens and placed them in natural history museums throughout the world ...
Kirk R. Johnson, I. P. Owens
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Ahead of the curve: three approaches to mass digitisation of vials with a focus on label data capture [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2020 There has been little research on novel approaches to digitising liquid-preserved natural history specimens stored in jars or vials. This paper discusses and analyses three different prototypes for high-throughput digitisation using cheap, readily ...
Steen Dupont +5 more
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Biodiversity data and new species descriptions of polychaetes from offshore waters of the Falkland Islands, an area undergoing hydrocarbon exploration [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Benthic environmental impact assessments and monitoring programs accompanying offshore hydrocarbon industry activities result in large collections of benthic organisms. Such collections offer great potential for systematics, biodiversity and biogeography
Lenka Neal +6 more
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Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 We present a checklist of annelids from recent United Kingdom Seabed Resources (UKSR) expeditions (Abyssal Baseline - ABYSSLINE project) to the eastern abyssal Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) polymetallic nodule fields, based on DNA species ...
Helena Wiklund +11 more
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The longitudinal dynamics and natural history of clonal haematopoiesis
Nature, 2021 Clonal expansions driven by somatic mutations become pervasive across human tissues with age, including in the haematopoietic system, where the phenomenon is termed clonal haematopoiesis1–4.
M. Fabre +20 more
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