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UTEP Birds (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Zhuang V, Mayfield-Meyer T (2022). UTEP Birds (Arctos). Version 1.56. University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qz1ytx accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-05.

Description

The University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Bird material with reliable locality data is mostly from the United States, but there is also a significant component of exotic or native taxa with inadequate collection data. The collections include skeletal material along with the traditional skin-skull/study skin specimens.

Purpose

Data set was developed through the work of University of Texas at El Paso faculty and students and is created to support future research.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Bird material is mostly from the United States, but there is also a significant component of exotic or native taxa with inadequate collection data.
  1. Aves
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Bird material with reliable locality data is mostly from the United States, but there is also a significant component of exotic or native taxa with inadequate collection data.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Vicky Zhuang
originator
position: Manager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
TX
US
Telephone: +01 915-747-5479
email: mzhuang@utep.edu
homepage: http://www.utep.edu/leb/default.htm
Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
originator
position: Collection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
TX
US
Telephone: +01 214-693-9269
email: tmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
metadata author
position: Collection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
TX
US
Telephone: +01 214-693-9269
email: tmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Teresa Mayfield-Meyer
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Data Volunteer, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
TX
US
Telephone: +01 214-693-9269
email: tmayfield.utepbc@jegelewicz.net
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
Phil Lavretsky
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
Texas
US
Telephone: 01 915-747-5479
email: plavretsky@utep.edu
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
Vicky Zhuang
administrative point of contact
position: Manager, UTEP Biodiversity Collections
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
Texas
US
Telephone: +01 915-747-5479
email: mzhuang@utep.edu
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
Michael Harvey
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Ornithology
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue, Biology Bldg. #222
El Paso
79968
TX
US
Telephone: (915) 747-6999
email: mgharvey@utep.edu
homepage: https://www.utep.edu/biodiversity/collections/ornithology.html
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