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Natural Selection: Finding Specimens in a Natural History Collection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
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Erp, M. van   +5 more
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The supposedly unmistakable mistaken: Carcina ingridmariae sp. nov., a surprising example of overlooked diversity from Europe and the Near East (Lepidoptera, Peleopodidae) [PDF]

open access: yesAlpine Entomology
Carcina ingridmariae sp. nov. is described from the eastern Mediterranean region (Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Türkiye). The species differs strikingly from the so far only representative of the genus in the Western Palearctic, C.
Peter Huemer
doaj   +3 more sources

The next generation of natural history collections

open access: yesPLOS Biology, 2018
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The last 50 years have witnessed rapid changes in the ways that natural history specimens are collected, preserved, analyzed, and documented. Those changes have produced unprecedented access to specimens, images, and data as well as impressive research results in organismal biology.
David E. Schindel, Joseph A. Cook
openaire   +4 more sources

Advancing the Catalogue of the World’s Natural History Collections [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Information Science and Standards, 2020
Information about natural history collections helps to map the complex landscape of research resources and assists researchers in locating and contacting the holders of specimens. Collection records contribute to the development of a fully interlinked biodiversity knowledge graph (Page 2016), showcasing the existence and importance of museums and ...
Hobern, Donald   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

DNA barcoding reveals a new cryptic species of Denisia Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from the south-western Alps [PDF]

open access: yesAlpine Entomology
A new species of concealer moths (Oecophoridae), Denisia cryptica sp. nov., is described from specimens collected in the south-western Alps (Italy, France).
Peter Huemer
doaj   +3 more sources

No evidence of a hybrid origin of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana

open access: yesJournal of Avian Biology, 2023
This mini‐review is dedicated to a critical re‐appraisal of the putative hybrid origin of the grey‐cheeked populations of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana that was postulated based on the results of a clustering analysis using a set ...
Martin Päckert
doaj   +1 more source

Natural History Collections as Inspiration for Technology

open access: yesBioEssays, 2019
Living organisms are the ultimate survivalists, having evolved phenotypes with unprecedented adaptability, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and versatility compared to human technology. To harness these properties, functional descriptions and design principles from all sources of biodiversity information must be collated − including the hundreds of ...
Green, David W   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A summer in Siberia: the travel and the collection itinerary to the mouth of the Ob River by the botanist and ethno-anthropologist Stéphen Sommier in 1880

open access: yesJournal of Maps
Stéphen Sommier (1848–1922) was a renowned botanist, plant collector, ethnographer, geographer and photographer. He is best known for his scientific expeditions to Italy, Scandinavia and Russia.
Daniele Viciani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2017
This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and assignment of homology.
Sydney K. Brannoch   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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