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2 | "author": "Alexis Tindall", | 2 | "author": "Alexis Tindall", | ||
3 | "author_email": "alexis.tindall@sa.gov.au", | 3 | "author_email": "alexis.tindall@sa.gov.au", | ||
4 | "creator_user_id": "0fbf7c12-60ed-481d-af25-ea9406998548", | 4 | "creator_user_id": "0fbf7c12-60ed-481d-af25-ea9406998548", | ||
5 | "id": "35f2b0e5-a207-4114-b2c5-b2f12aa8b8ad", | 5 | "id": "35f2b0e5-a207-4114-b2c5-b2f12aa8b8ad", | ||
6 | "license_id": "cc-by", | 6 | "license_id": "cc-by", | ||
7 | "maintainer": "DATA SA Support", | 7 | "maintainer": "DATA SA Support", | ||
8 | "maintainer_email": "DataSA@sa.gov.au", | 8 | "maintainer_email": "DataSA@sa.gov.au", | ||
t | 9 | "metadata_modified": "2016-06-30T05:32:03.805839", | t | 9 | "metadata_created": "2013-03-21T05:53:24.949394", |
10 | "metadata_modified": "2020-02-18T01:29:11.710141", | ||||
10 | "name": "south-australian-museum-mammalogy-collection", | 11 | "name": "south-australian-museum-mammalogy-collection", | ||
11 | "notes": "There are over 24,000 specimens in this collection, | 12 | "notes": "There are over 24,000 specimens in this collection, | ||
12 | including skulls, skins, skeletons, spirit specimens, photographs and | 13 | including skulls, skins, skeletons, spirit specimens, photographs and | ||
13 | frozen tissue. It includes over 1600 marine mammals and its | 14 | frozen tissue. It includes over 1600 marine mammals and its | ||
14 | comprehensiveness makes this collection the best of its kind in | 15 | comprehensiveness makes this collection the best of its kind in | ||
15 | Australia. Other strengths of the collection include South Australian | 16 | Australia. Other strengths of the collection include South Australian | ||
16 | arid zone native mammals, many specimens of extinct species such as | 17 | arid zone native mammals, many specimens of extinct species such as | ||
17 | the thylacine and large numbers of bat species.\r\n\r\nThe collection | 18 | the thylacine and large numbers of bat species.\r\n\r\nThe collection | ||
18 | has also historical importance as it includes many specimens from | 19 | has also historical importance as it includes many specimens from | ||
19 | early expeditions in Australia and to the subantarctic Islands and | 20 | early expeditions in Australia and to the subantarctic Islands and | ||
20 | Antarctica. Well-known people such as Sir Douglas Mawson, Edgar R. | 21 | Antarctica. Well-known people such as Sir Douglas Mawson, Edgar R. | ||
21 | Waite and Hedley Finlayson have contributed to the | 22 | Waite and Hedley Finlayson have contributed to the | ||
22 | collection.\r\n\r\nThe mammal collection includes sub-fossils and | 23 | collection.\r\n\r\nThe mammal collection includes sub-fossils and | ||
23 | remains from owl pellets. This collection consists entirely of | 24 | remains from owl pellets. This collection consists entirely of | ||
24 | Australian material with 20000 - 25000 specimens covering 76 mammal | 25 | Australian material with 20000 - 25000 specimens covering 76 mammal | ||
25 | species (including introduced species). The collection is made up of | 26 | species (including introduced species). The collection is made up of | ||
26 | bulk bone deposits from the floor of caves, bones excavated from | 27 | bulk bone deposits from the floor of caves, bones excavated from | ||
27 | sinkholes, bones extracted from predator scats (eg. dingoes, foxes and | 28 | sinkholes, bones extracted from predator scats (eg. dingoes, foxes and | ||
28 | Ghost Bats), pellets from birds of prey, particularly barn owls (both | 29 | Ghost Bats), pellets from birds of prey, particularly barn owls (both | ||
29 | recent and pre-settlement material), and stick nest rat nests and | 30 | recent and pre-settlement material), and stick nest rat nests and | ||
30 | middens. The sub-fossil collection is the second best of its kind in | 31 | middens. The sub-fossil collection is the second best of its kind in | ||
31 | Australia.\r\n\r\nThe SA Museum manages this dataset using the KE EMu | 32 | Australia.\r\n\r\nThe SA Museum manages this dataset using the KE EMu | ||
32 | collection management system. It is interpreted into the Darwin Core | 33 | collection management system. It is interpreted into the Darwin Core | ||
33 | metadata schema (DwC) and semi-regularly exported to the Atlas of | 34 | metadata schema (DwC) and semi-regularly exported to the Atlas of | ||
34 | Living Australia (ALA: http://www.ala.org.au/) and the Online | 35 | Living Australia (ALA: http://www.ala.org.au/) and the Online | ||
35 | Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM: | 36 | Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM: | ||
36 | http://www.ozcam.org.au/). Information about Darwin Core can be found | 37 | http://www.ozcam.org.au/). Information about Darwin Core can be found | ||
37 | here: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm. Data sourced from Australian | 38 | here: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm. Data sourced from Australian | ||
38 | museums on both the ALA and OZCAM should be identical, but on ALA they | 39 | museums on both the ALA and OZCAM should be identical, but on ALA they | ||
39 | are combined with observational data from citizen science initiatives | 40 | are combined with observational data from citizen science initiatives | ||
40 | and other sources. \r\nBoth of those sites make it possible to | 41 | and other sources. \r\nBoth of those sites make it possible to | ||
41 | combine, interrogate and analyse data through web services such as the | 42 | combine, interrogate and analyse data through web services such as the | ||
42 | Spatial Analysis Portal (http://spatial.ala.org.au/). In the Spatial | 43 | Spatial Analysis Portal (http://spatial.ala.org.au/). In the Spatial | ||
43 | Portal ALA data can be combined with meteorological and other | 44 | Portal ALA data can be combined with meteorological and other | ||
44 | environmental data sourced from and made accessible by relevant | 45 | environmental data sourced from and made accessible by relevant | ||
45 | government agencies. \r\n\r\nData about endangered species are either | 46 | government agencies. \r\n\r\nData about endangered species are either | ||
46 | withheld from online publication, or coordinates or other data are | 47 | withheld from online publication, or coordinates or other data are | ||
47 | obscured on the ALA and OZCAM. In those circumstances more specific | 48 | obscured on the ALA and OZCAM. In those circumstances more specific | ||
48 | information is available directly from SA Museum collection managers | 49 | information is available directly from SA Museum collection managers | ||
49 | if it is genuinely required for research purposes. \r\n\r\nSA Museum | 50 | if it is genuinely required for research purposes. \r\n\r\nSA Museum | ||
50 | data can be downloaded in full from the Atlas of Living Australia, or | 51 | data can be downloaded in full from the Atlas of Living Australia, or | ||
51 | broken down into discipline specific parts (e.g. Herpetology, | 52 | broken down into discipline specific parts (e.g. Herpetology, | ||
52 | Mammalogy etc). On download the ALA will request an email address (not | 53 | Mammalogy etc). On download the ALA will request an email address (not | ||
53 | mandatory) and a reason for download (mandatory) \u2013 this is | 54 | mandatory) and a reason for download (mandatory) \u2013 this is | ||
54 | required to track usage of the ALA data to help data providers | 55 | required to track usage of the ALA data to help data providers | ||
55 | determine priorities for upload and improvement.\r\n\r\n", | 56 | determine priorities for upload and improvement.\r\n\r\n", | ||
56 | "owner_org": "6144a501-3718-44a6-9e9b-154deb04f4b7", | 57 | "owner_org": "6144a501-3718-44a6-9e9b-154deb04f4b7", | ||
57 | "private": false, | 58 | "private": false, | ||
58 | "revision_id": "55ecc83e-03eb-473e-b21a-094eca7a55a4", | 59 | "revision_id": "55ecc83e-03eb-473e-b21a-094eca7a55a4", | ||
59 | "state": "active", | 60 | "state": "active", | ||
60 | "title": "South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection", | 61 | "title": "South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection", | ||
61 | "type": "dataset", | 62 | "type": "dataset", | ||
62 | "url": null, | 63 | "url": null, | ||
63 | "version": null | 64 | "version": null | ||
64 | } | 65 | } |