Description
This database contains over 3,500 bird eggs in 997 egg sets, and 153 bird nests which have been collected since the late 1800s. The database has egg sets collected worldwide although nearly 50% were collected in Canada.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,150 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Douglas M (2023): University of Saskatchewan Egg and Nest Collection. v2.0. Natural History Collection, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.5886/u7ojw6
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Collection, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: baa6aae6-986f-4777-a57f-80fe814bb88c. Natural History Collection, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Eggs and nests were collected from the following countries: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Suriname, Sweden, Tasmania, Trinidad, United Kingdom, United States, and Wales.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Twenty-seven orders and eighty-six families are represented.
| Order | Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Anseriformes, Apodiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Charadriiformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Cuculiformes, Falconiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, Galliformes, Gaviiformes, Gruiformes, Gruiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Pelecaniformes, Phaethontiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Piciformes, Podicipediformes, Procellariiformes, Spheniscidae, Strigiformes |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1880-01-01 / 2000-01-01 |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Dried |
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| Curatorial Units | Between 997 and 997 Egg Sets , Between 153 and 153 Nests |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 10.5886/u7ojw6 |
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| baa6aae6-986f-4777-a57f-80fe814bb88c | |
| https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=usask_egg_and_nest_collection |