Description
The collection contains about 8000 study skins and skeletons, of which 400 specimens are specifically allocated for teaching.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 7,000 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4ada1c77-3895-47d8-8dc9-9ce44e1df802. Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
There is a good representation of species found in southern California, including the near ocean and the Channel Islands, and also many species found elsewhere in North America, Mexico, and Europe. Special efforts have been made to collect species of particular biogeographic interest in southern California, such as those that have subspecies boundaries within the region.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The collection has especially large series of several species that have figured prominently in the literature on ornithology, evolution, behavior and physiology, such as the White-crowned Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Grebes, Acorn Woodpecker, Wrentit, Savannah Sparrow, and Spotted Towhee.
| Class | Aves (birds) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | late 1800 to current |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Vertebrate Collections Management Project |
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| Funding | The data in this resource were funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | 4ada1c77-3895-47d8-8dc9-9ce44e1df802 |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ccber_birds |