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<p class="MsoNormal">Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two main search portals that you will probably want to try are GBIF and iDigBio. Most collections publish their data to these two portals and it also includes observation records. GBIF appears to have 410 records with the words “Duke
Forest” in the locality string - <a href="https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?offset=200&locality=Duke%20Forest&advanced=1&occurrence_status=present">
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?offset=200&locality=Duke%20Forest&advanced=1&occurrence_status=present</a>. A lot of these appear to ne fungi but there are some animalia in there too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.gbif.org">www.gbif.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.idgibio.org">www.idgibio.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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University of Kansas<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Scott LaGreca<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Search engines for non-botany natural history collections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I’m trying to estimate the number of species of organisms in a particular section of Duke Forest, a preserve/teaching/research forest owned by Duke University (where I work). I’ve searched the literature and
found some publications that include e.g. plant inventories, etc. for Duke Forest, but not that many.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">So I have been exploring using the different online natural history specimen search engines to answer my question. As a botanist I have a good handle on the search engines I can use to search herbaria (for
vascular plants, bryophytes, you name it). I simply used the key words “Duke Forest” (or “Korstian Division”, the name of the section of Duke Forest I’m focusing on); I also drew polygons on maps within the search engines, which was also helpful. So, I now
have a good rough estimate of the number of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and non-lichen fungi for the Korstian Division.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">But I am not as familiar with similar search engines for non-botany (and non-mycology) natural history collections. I am aware of eBird, but I think that includes mostly observations, not actual specimen records,
right? (Still, I may tap into it, since we have a lot more birdwatchers active than actual bird collectors). I’ve also heard of FishNet, for fish; but it is unlikely to give me any data for a forest…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Are there comparable search engines for species (specimen) records of herps, mammals, insects, and non-insect invertebrates (annelids, molluscs, spiders, etc.)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Side note: I don’t really want to rely on iNaturalist observations because I’ve seen so many misidentifications there. But I will if I must. (Convince me!). iNaturalist also doesn’t have historical data (because
the app is only a few years old—but am I wrong about this? Is anyone uploading historical records into iNaturalist?).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Again, I’m aiming to get a rough number of species of organisms for a given geographic area. If you can help me, please send me direct messages (rather than to the listserv) because I subscribe to the digest
of this listserv, and I only receive my digest once per month. So I may not see your reply for a month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thanks for any help or advice you can give me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Scott LaGreca, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Duke Lichen Herbarium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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