DMNS Egg Collection (Arctos)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Nov 8, 2024 Denver Museum of Nature & Science

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Description

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Egg/Nest Collection houses approximately 7,000 catalogued specimens focused primarily on the United States. The bulk of the collection was acquired as a donation of the William C. Bradbury private collection and covers the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Data Records

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1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
7150
Multimedia 
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How to cite

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Egg/Nest Collection

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c50340a3-54f9-46fa-aecb-6197bcfa1b54.  Denver Museum of Nature & Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Garth Spellman
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator of Ornithology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • 2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
  • +01 303-370-6469
Andrew Doll
  • Point Of Contact
  • Zoology Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
  • 2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
  • 303-370-8387
David Bloom
  • Programmer
  • VertNet Coordinator
John Wieczorek
  • Programmer
  • Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
Dusty McDonald
  • Point Of Contact
  • Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum

Geographic Coverage

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Egg/Nest Collection is global, with the largest holdings from the United States.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class Aves

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 1850-present

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Purpose

Natural History Research and Education

Alternative Identifiers c50340a3-54f9-46fa-aecb-6197bcfa1b54
https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=dmns_egg