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ArticleJournal of mammalogy2016

Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise, and best practices.

Bryan S McLean, Kayce C Bell, Jonathan L Dunnum, Bethany Abrahamson, Jocelyn P Colella, Eleanor R Deardorff, Jessica A Weber, Amanda K Jones, Fernando Salazar-Miralles, Joseph A Cook

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Article in Journal of mammalogy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Bryan S McLeanDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Kayce C BellDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Jonathan L DunnumDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Bethany AbrahamsonDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Jocelyn P ColellaDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Eleanor R DeardorffDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Jessica A WeberDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Amanda K JonesDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Fernando Salazar-MirallesDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).
Joseph A CookDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM 87131 , USA (BSM, KCB, JLD, BA, JPC, ERD, JAW, AKJ, FS-M, JAC).

Funding

FAIR Data Competency and Machine Learning Readiness for Biomedical ScientistsK12GM088021 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI REBECCA S. HARTLEY, Diane Lidke · 2009 to 2026
$16.4M
University of New Mexico: MARC U*STAR Undergraduate Training ProgramT34GM008751 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI TAKACS-VESBACH, CRISTINA D. · 2000 to 2021
$6.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM088021NIGMS NIH HHS T34 GM008751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specimens and associated data in natural history collections (NHCs) foster substantial scientific progress. In this paper, we explore recent contributions of NHCs to the study of systematics and biogeography, genomics, morphology, stable isotope ecology, and parasites and pathogens of mammals. To begin to assess the magnitude and scope of these contributions, we analyzed publications in the

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data integrationethicsGenBankIACUCnatural history collectionsspecimensvoucher collection

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PMID26989266
PMCPMC4794611

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