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Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Ornithology

Dataset homepage

Citation

Langle P (2017). Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Ornithology. Version 1.3. Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qdlvqr accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-01.

Description

With historical roots dating back to the early 1800’s, the Buffalo Museum of Science has had an eventful and rich journey into the present era of scientific exploration, research, and discovery. Our research collections are the records of this journey as they house artifacts and specimens that date back to our very beginnings and that span 5 different divisions of scientific study – Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Zoology. Through the years, we’ve seen our collections grow from just a handful of artifacts and natural specimens to now over 700,000, with the majority of these specimens being of local provenance. While we are considered a smaller institution on a national level, we proudly hold the most extensive cultural and natural record in the world of the Greater Niagara Region, and we continually strive to offer the members of our local community and to the scientific community at large access to these natural resources. Overall, we seek not only to “Inspire Curiosity through Exploration”, but also to impart a greater understanding of the natural world to the general public.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ and http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Aves
    common name: Birds rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Collections provide a good representation of the present and past natural history of the Niagara Frontier of New York and adjacent Ontario, as well as material of worldwide provenance of value in teaching, exhibition and research.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Paige Langle
originator
position: Collections Assistant
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: 716.896.5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php
Paige Langle
metadata author
position: Collections Assistant
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: 716.896.5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php
David Bloom
programmer
position: Project Coordinator
Vertnet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://vertnet.org/
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/
Paige Langle
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Assistant
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: 716.896.5200 x378
email: plangle@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php
Kathryn Leacock
administrative point of contact
position: Director of Collections and Special Projects
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo
14211
New York
US
Telephone: 716.896.5200 x376
email: kleacock@sciencebuff.org
homepage: http://www.sciencebuff.org/site/index.php
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