Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise, and best practices
Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise, and best practices
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DOI：
10.1093/jmammal/gyv178
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Cook, Joseph A.
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作者：
McLean, Bryan S.;Bell, Kayce C.;Cook, Joseph A.
自然历史收藏品（NHC）中的标本和相关数据促进了重大的科学进步。本文综述了近年来NHCs在哺乳动物系统学和地理学、基因组学、形态学、稳定同位素生态学以及寄生虫和病原体等方面的研究进展。为了开始评估这些贡献的规模和范围，我们分析了过去十年在《哺乳动物学杂志》上发表的文章，以及最近由一所大学哺乳动物收藏馆（西南生物学博物馆，哺乳动物部）支持的研究。利用这些数据集，我们还确定了可能阻碍关键NHC基础设施发展的薄弱环节。保持哺乳动物学基础的活力和增长取决于整个科学界的广泛参与和支持，鉴于我们星球上迅速变化的环境条件，这既是一个道德和科学的当务之急。
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 Journal of Mammalogy over the last decade, as well as recent research supported by a single university mammal collection (Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Mammals). Using these datasets, we also identify weak links that may be hindering the development of crucial NHC infrastructure. Maintaining the vitality and growth of this foundation of mammalogy depends on broader engagement and support from across the scientific community and is both an ethical and scientific imperative given the rapidly changing environmental conditions on our planet.