A Mexican case study on a centralised database from world natural history museums

نویسندگان

  • A. G. Navarro
  • A. Townsend Peterson
  • A. Gordillo-Martinez
چکیده

The present contribution is a case study of the possibilities of using data from world scientific collections to understand the distribution and conservation of Mexican birds. Information was gathered on specimens from Mexico housed in 40 scientific collections in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and Europe. This information was compiled in a centralized database and various analyses were developed to address historical patterns of ornithological investigations in Mexico: current and potential distribution areas of the species; patterns of species richness, endemism and seasonality; and conservation applications.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Data Science Journal

دوره 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002