University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Bird Eggs/Nests (Arctos)

Elizabeth Wommack

doi:10.15468/78vnna

University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Bird Eggs/Nests (Arctos)

Citation

Wommack E (2022). University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates (UWYMV) Bird Eggs/Nests (Arctos). Version 1.20. University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/78vnna accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-01-27.

Description

The University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates Egg and Nest collections includes 205 clutches of eggs and nests from 34 families. The specimens are from across North America, with the majority from Wyoming.

Purpose

The mission of the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates is to document and understand regional and global biodiversity through the acquisition and investigation of collections made by museum faculty, staff, and students to advance academic knowledge and public appreciation of the natural world

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/

Taxonomic Coverages

Taxonomic coverage of the UWYMV egg and nest collection is historically focused on Nearctic families

Aves
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The UWYMV egg and nest collection has global coverage, but the majority of historic holdings are from Wyoming and the western and central United States.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Elizabeth Wommack
originator
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: (307) 766-6227
email: ravenseyes@gmail.com
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Elizabeth Wommack
metadata author
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: (307) 766-6227
email: ravenseyes@gmail.com
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Dusty McDonald
administrative point of contact
position: programmer
Arctos
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Matthew Carling
curator
position: curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
WY
US
Telephone: 307-766-6169
email: mcarling@uwyo.edu
homepage: https://carlinglab.com/

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Dave Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Elizabeth Wommack
administrative point of contact
position: Staff Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
Wyoming
US
Telephone: (307) 766-6227
email: ewommack@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://uwymv.org/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-0120

Matthew Carling
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Laramie
82071
WY
US
Telephone: (307) 766-6169
email: mcarling@uwyo.edu
homepage: http://www.uwyo.edu/carlinglab