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Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History, University of California Santa Cruz, Insect Collection

Citation

Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History (2021). Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History, University of California Santa Cruz, Insect Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hzkqkp accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-04-14.

Description

The Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History at UC Santa Cruz houses collections that are mostly local to the Central Californian Coast, including habitats in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Monterey Bay Area, and the Monterey Bay itself (seabirds and marine algae). Collections include: marine algae (400+), plants (10,000+), bryophytes (200+), fungi (1000+), lichens (200+), insects (90,000+), fish (500+), amphibians (500), reptiles (500), birds (1500), and mammals (800+). Notable collections include the Randall Morgan Insect Collection which contains ~70,000 specimens collected systematically at 39 locations from 1989-199 in natural and rare habitats in Santa Cruz County, California. For each specimen, the species of plant it was collected from was also recorded. Morgan collected systematically at each location over an entire year (and in some locations over multiple years) and kept precise records on plant phenology. The collection mainly consists of hymenoptera, diptera, and lepidoptera but also contains good representation of other common orders.

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originator
SCAN
email: Neil.Cobb@nau.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
metadata author
SCAN
email: Neil.Cobb@nau.edu
homepage: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History, University of California Santa Cruz, Insect Collection
email: cml@ucsc.edu
homepage: http://norriscenter.ucsc.edu/
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position: Collection Manager
Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History, University of California Santa Cruz, Insect Collection
email: cml@ucsc.edu
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