Specimen collection: an essential tool
Science
.
2014 May 23;344(6186):814-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.344.6186.814.
Authors
L A Rocha
1
,
A Aleixo
2
,
G Allen
3
,
F Almeda
4
,
C C Baldwin
5
,
M V L Barclay
6
,
J M Bates
7
,
A M Bauer
8
,
F Benzoni
9
,
C M Berns
10
,
M L Berumen
11
,
D C Blackburn
4
,
S Blum
4
,
F Bolaños
12
,
R C K Bowie
13
,
R Britz
6
,
R M Brown
14
,
C D Cadena
15
,
K Carpenter
16
,
L M Ceríaco
17
,
P Chakrabarty
18
,
G Chaves
12
,
J H Choat
19
,
K D Clements
20
,
B B Collette
21
,
A Collins
21
,
J Coyne
22
,
J Cracraft
23
,
T Daniel
4
,
M R de Carvalho
24
,
K de Queiroz
5
,
F Di Dario
25
,
R Drewes
4
,
J P Dumbacher
4
,
A Engilis Jr
26
,
M V Erdmann
27
,
W Eschmeyer
4
,
C R Feldman
28
,
B L Fisher
4
,
J Fjeldså
29
,
P W Fritsch
4
,
J Fuchs
30
,
A Getahun
31
,
A Gill
32
,
M Gomon
33
,
T Gosliner
4
,
G R Graves
5
,
C E Griswold
4
,
R Guralnick
34
,
K Hartel
35
,
K M Helgen
5
,
H Ho
26
,
D T Iskandar
27
,
T Iwamoto
4
,
Z Jaafar
36
,
H F James
5
,
D Johnson
5
,
D Kavanaugh
4
,
N Knowlton
5
,
E Lacey
13
,
H K Larson
37
,
P Last
38
,
J M Leis
39
,
H Lessios
40
,
J Liebherr
41
,
M Lowman
4
,
D L Mahler
26
,
V Mamonekene
42
,
K Matsuura
43
,
G C Mayer
44
,
H Mays Jr
45
,
J McCosker
4
,
R W McDiarmid
5
,
J McGuire
13
,
M J Miller
40
,
R Mooi
4
,
R D Mooi
46
,
C Moritz
47
,
P Myers
48
,
M W Nachman
13
,
R A Nussbaum
48
,
D Ó Foighil
48
,
L R Parenti
5
,
J F Parham
49
,
E Paul
50
,
G Paulay
51
,
J Pérez-Emán
52
,
A Pérez-Matus
53
,
S Poe
54
,
J Pogonoski
38
,
D L Rabosky
48
,
J E Randall
55
,
J D Reimer
56
,
D R Robertson
40
,
M-O Rödel
57
,
M T Rodrigues
24
,
P Roopnarine
4
,
L Rüber
58
,
M J Ryan
54
,
F Sheldon
18
,
G Shinohara
43
,
A Short
14
,
W B Simison
4
,
W F Smith-Vaniz
51
,
V G Springer
5
,
M Stiassny
23
,
J G Tello
59
,
C W Thompson
48
,
T Trnski
60
,
P Tucker
48
,
T Valqui
61
,
M Vecchione
21
,
E Verheyen
62
,
P C Wainwright
26
,
T A Wheeler
63
,
W T White
38
,
K Will
13
,
J T Williams
5
,
G Williams
4
,
E O Wilson
35
,
K Winker
64
,
R Winterbottom
65
,
C C Witt
54
Affiliations
1
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
[email protected]
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2
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, 66040-170, Brazil.
3
Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA, 6986, Australia.
4
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
5
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
6
Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
7
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
8
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
9
University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy.
10
Utica College, Utica, NY 13502, USA.
11
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia.
12
Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica.
13
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3161, USA.
14
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
15
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 4976, Colombia.
16
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
17
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, 7005-638, Portugal.
18
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
19
James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia.
20
University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
21
NOAA Systematics Laboratory, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
22
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
23
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.
24
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.
25
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, 27965-045, Brazil.
26
University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
27
Conservation International, Denpasar, Bali, 80235, Indonesia.
28
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0314, USA.
29
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark.
30
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 75005, France.
31
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, 1176, Ethiopia.
32
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
33
Museum Victoria, Melbourne, 3001, VIC, Australia.
34
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA.
35
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
36
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA. National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
37
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 0820, NT, Australia.
38
CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia.
39
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia.
40
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, 0843-03092, Panamá.
41
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
42
Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, B.P. 69, Republic of Congo.
43
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, 305-0005, Japan.
44
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000, USA.
45
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH 45203, USA.
46
The Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 0N2, Canada.
47
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia.
48
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA.
49
California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA.
50
The Ornithological Council, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
51
University of Florida, Gainesville, fl32611, USA.
52
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, 1041, Venezuela.
53
Pontif cia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 6513677, Chile.
54
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
55
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA.
56
University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, 903-0213, Japan.
57
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, 10115, Germany.
58
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Bern, CH-3005, Switzerland.
59
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA. Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 11201-8423, USA.
60
Auckland Museum, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
61
Centro de Ornitologia y Biodiversidad, Lima, 33, Peru.
62
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
63
McGill University, Montreal, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
64
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.
65
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6, Canada.
PMID:
24855245
DOI:
10.1126/science.344.6186.814
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Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Animals
Biology / methods*
Classification / methods*
Endangered Species*
Extinction, Biological*