Menno Schilthuizen and Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan and Eleanor M. Slade and Darren J. Mann and Jeremy A. Miller (2015) Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30 (5). pp. 237-238. ISSN 0169-5347
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Abstract
In 1977, Eugene Odum advocated a synthetic approach if ecology were to rise above the level of explanation afforded by independent, individual studies [1]. Today, Odum's wish is being fulfilled, and important advances are being made by synthesising data derived from great numbers of studies, either by scaling up temporally or geographically [2]. However, to allow effective, creative, and reproducible integration of ecological and environmental results, the methods and data used need to be made freely accessible and combinable. Only then can integrated ecology become a field where the ideals of ‘open science’ [3] fully come to fruition. Indeed, although great challenges remain 4 and 5, open access to ecological data, methods, and analysis is rapidly improving 6 and 7. Nonetheless, we here call attention to what we perceive as one important obstacle to open data in biodiversity studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | museum, open access, ecological data, biodiversity studies |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2016 09:53 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2017 15:38 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/14851 |
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