NHMO Bird collection
Citation
Lifjeld J T, Johnsen A, Johannessen L E, Bjerke B A (2024). NHMO Bird collection. Version 1.249. University of Oslo. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/skcono accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.Description
The NHMO Avian collection at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway is maintained and curated as four separate sub-collections, viz. the Preserved specimen, Eggshell, Sperm and DNA bank collections. In the collections database the sub-collections are, however, integrated and a single accession can contain items from one or more of the sub-collections. The Preserved specimen and Eggshell collections are traditional collections, dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, respectively, while the DNA bank and Sperm collections were initiated only in towards the end of the 19th century (the DNA bank also contains some older material subsampled from e.g. the Preserved specimen collection).
Most of the older parts of the collections have been collected during several scientific expeditions. In recent years, the main growth of the collection has come from the many blood and sperm samples collected as part of research projects in the Sex and Evolution Research Group (SERG) at the museum.
The collection is databased in Corema, a software that has been developed in close cooperation between the NHMO and the developer, Digital Forvaltning AS (https://www.coremadb.com/). An accession generally refers to a given individual at a specific place and time; for each accession, one or more items may exist. Examples of item types include preserved skins, feathers or eggshells, blood, tissue or sperm samples, footage of live sperm motility, microscope slides prepared for sperm morphometric analyses, testes and extracted DNA.
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Additional info
Additional data exist for several of the accession and items type in the dataset. For recent accessions (last few decades) biometric information (body mass, tarsus length, wing length) may exist; for sperm samples morhpometry and motility data may exist.Taxonomic Coverages
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Avesrank: class
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Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jan T. Lifjeldoriginator
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: j.t.lifjeld@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-9985
Arild Johnsen
originator
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: arild.johnsen@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-6284
Lars Erik Johannessen
originator
position: Collection manager
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: l.e.johannessen@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-9190
Bjørn Aksel Bjerke
originator
position: Technician
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: b.a.bjerke@nhm.uio.no
Lars Erik Johannessen
metadata author
position: Collection manager
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: l.e.johannessen@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-9190
Rukaya Johaadien
user
email: r.s.johaadien@nhm.uio.no
Lars Erik Johannessen
administrative point of contact
position: Collection manager
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: l.e.johannessen@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5981-9190
Jan T. Lifjeld
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: j.t.lifjeld@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-9985
Arild Johnsen
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: arild.johnsen@nhm.uio.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-6284
Bjørn Aksel Bjerke
administrative point of contact
position: Technician
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: b.a.bjerke@nhm.uio.no