2015-05-01
Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’
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Trends in Ecology & Evolution , Volume 30 - Issue 5 p. 237- 238
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, 5, open access to ecological data, methods, and analysis is rapidly improving 6, 7. Nonetheless, we here call attention to what we perceive as one important obstacle to open data in biodiversity studies.
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Schilthuizen, M., Vairappan, Charles S., Slade, Eleanor M., Mann, Darren J., & Miller, J. (2015). Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Vol. 30, pp. 237–238). doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.002 |
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