Title:

Scope and applicability of information stored in natural history collections - a case study based on the largest museum collections of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) in Poland

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 53, no. 1 ; Occurrence of Tenebrionidae in Poland ; Zakres i możliwości wykorzystania informacji zawartych w kolekcjach przyrodniczych - analiza na przykładzie największych polskich muzealnych kolekcji Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera)

Creator:

Tykarski, Piotr

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2010

Description:

Bibliogr.: p. 108 ; P. 97-115 : ill. (coll. ill) ; 25 cm ; Abstracts in Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Coleoptera ; Tenebrionidae ; specimen labels ; natural history collections ; faunistics ; spatial analysis ; UTM squares ; Poland ; darkling beetles ; darkening beetles ; beetles ; insects ; Insecta ; historical data ; geographical distribution ; museum collection ; beetle collection

Abstract:

Collections of specimens in museums of natural history constitute very rich sources of information, containing data that can be analyzed in many ways and answer various types of questions. The aim of this article was to analyze the data content of three big collections of specimens of darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and to show possible uses of different types of analysis with a specific focus to GIS-based methods. The source material was analyzed with regard to collections, species and collecting persons, using a number of aspects, both as summaries and spatial distribution analyses, such as counts of records, species, specimen localities, UTM squares, collection dates.

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Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

53

Issue:

1

Start page:

97

End page:

115

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2010.53.1.097

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P.256 vol. 53 no. 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P.4664 vol. 53 no. 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open