cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5519/0052040
title: HyPhas

description: Hymenoptera parasites of the Phasmida (stick insects)
DOI: 10.5519/0006955
title: Coeliccia micro-CT

description: micro-CT raw data from Coeliccia scutellum scutellum, Coeliccia scutellum hainanense, Coeliccia pyriformis and Coeliccia cyanomelas
DOI: 10.5519/0092819
title: ABYSSLINE

description: Specimen data from the ABYSSLINE project for the Natural History Museum biodiversity survey of the UK-1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim zone, central Pacific abyss.
DOI: 10.5519/0014250
title: Tropical Asian spiny solanums (2016)

description: Static dataset of species identities and coordinates for specimens used to create Figure 2 in Aubriot et al. (see Abstract and publication details below). Data presented here are only to the level of Senior Collector [collector], Collector Number [collection number], Species name [species name], Country of Collection [country], Latitude [declat], Longitude [declon] and Elevation [altrange]. Complete locality and specimen label data can be found on the Solanaceae Source website (www.solanaceaesource.org) with updated species identifications as taxonomic knowledge improves. Data are presented in three formats: 1) xls file, 2) comma-delimited CSV file, and 3) pdf file of the map generated from these data. Aubriot X, Singh P, Knapp S. (2016) Tropical Asian species show the Old World clade of “spiny solanums” (_Solanum_ subgenus _Leptostemonum_ Bitter pro parte: Solanaceae) is not monophyletic. _Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society_ xxx: xxx-xxx (January 2016). __ABSTRACT.__ The tropical Asian taxa of the species-rich genus _Solanum_ (Solanaceae) have been less well-studied than their highly diverse New World relatives. The large majority of these tropical Asian species, including the cultivated brinjal eggplant/aubergine and its wild progenitor, are part of the largest monophyletic _Solanum_ lineage, the “spiny solanums” (subgenus Leptostemonum or the Leptostemonum clade). Here we present the first phylogenetic analysis of spiny solanums that includes broad sampling of the tropical Asian species, with 42 of the 56 currently recognised species represented. Two nuclear and three plastid regions (ITS, _waxy_, _ndhF-rpL32_, _trnS-trnG_ and _trnT-trnF_) were amplified and used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships using ML and Bayesian methods. Our analyses show that Old World spiny solanums do not all resolve in a single clade, but are part of three unrelated lineages, suggesting at least three independent introductions from the New World. We identify and describe several monophyletic groups within Old World solanums that have not been previously recognized. Some of these lineages are very coherent in terms of morphology and geography, while others show considerable morphological variation and enigmatic distribution patterns. Tropical Asia occupies a key position in the biogeography of Old World spiny solanums, with tropical Asian taxa resolved as the closest relatives of diverse groups of species from both Australia and Africa.
DOI: 10.5519/0052592
title: The mangrove reactor: fast clay transformation and potassium sink

description: Data from 3 Brazilian mangroves (Braganca, Santa Cruz, Cananeia) used calculate the rate of reactions transforming kaolinite into Fe-illite in these mangroves.
DOI: 10.5519/0045373
title: BioAcoustica: Talks: International Congress Entomology

description: Recorded talks from ICE
DOI: 10.5519/0006757
title: Eggplant gap analysis data

description: This dataset is is a csv file of occurrence data from museum/herbarium and germplasm banks used to analyze gaps in collection and representation of eggplant (_Solanum melongena_) in germplasm collections worldwide. The data comprise taxon identity, source(provider and whether G [germplasm bank] or H [herbarium]), and geographical coordinates. Syfert et al. (2016) Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (_Solanum melongena_: Solanaceae): poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction. American Journal of Botany 103(4): 635-651, http://www.amjbot.org/content/103/4/635. Abstract of the paper here: _Premise of the study_. Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant breeding, including pest, pathogen and abiotic stress resistance. Their conservation and future availability are essential for food security. Despite this, the world's genebanks are currently thought to conserve only a fraction of the total diversity of CWR. _Methods_. We define the eggplant genepool using the results of recent taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. We identify the gaps in germplasm accessions for eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) CWR by comparing georeferenced herbarium records and germplasm accessions using a gap analysis methodology implementing species distribution models (SDM). Preliminary conservation assessments using IUCN criteria were done for all species and were combined with the gap analysis to pinpoint where under-collected and threatened CWR species coincide with high human disturbance and occur outside of protected areas. _Key results_. We show that many eggplant CWR are poorly represented in genebanks compared to their native ranges. Priority areas for future collection are concentrated in Africa, especially along the Kenya-Tanzania border. Fourteen species of eggplant CWR are assessed as threatened or near-threatened; these are also concentrated in eastern Africa. _Conclusions_. The knowledge base upon which conservation of wild relative germplasm depends must take into account both taxonomic and phylogenetic advances. Beyond traditional research focus on close relatives of crops, we emphasize the benefits of defining a broad CWR genepool, and the importance of assessing threats to wild species when targeting localities for future collection of CWR to improve crop breeding in the face of environmental change.
DOI: 10.5519/0076042
title: Some Useful Equations and Tables for the Digitisation of Taped Sound Collections

description: This document contains conversion tables and equations that have been useful while digitising the Natural History Museum’s collection of recorded wildlife sound as part of the BioAcoustica project.
DOI: 10.5519/0008285
title: Coral reef imagery by Eileen Graham of Jamaica in the 1960s

description: This is a collection of 1481 images that were made by Eileen Graham between 1966 and 1968 showing coral reefs from the northern coast of Jamaica. Most of the image were made of the fore reef sites near Discovery Bay, but images of reefs near Runaway Bay, Rio Bueno, and other sites are also included. The images were scanned from original negatives at a resolution of 4800dpi, and the negatives are part of the special collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Copyright of the images is held by the Natural History Museum but they are published at full resolution under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Please let us know how you are using them to help us justify continued support of the archive. We also ask that you acknowledge the photographer Eileen Graham when publishing any of the images. Each image has been associated with one of the dive sites indicated in the file graham_image_sites.csv. Sites in the fore reef of Discovery Bay have been classified according to the scheme illustrated in the file map_overlay.pdf based on a map of the reefs west of Discovery Bay that was produced Thomas Goreau Sr. Sites were defined within a rough grid formed both by distance along the reef west of Discovery Bay and by reef zones as defined in Kinzie (1973, The zonation of west indian gorgonians, Bulletins of Marine Science 23, 93–155). We defined two sectors (Buoy and Pinnacle II), and within the Buoy Sector we defined a series of subsectors. In cases where an image could not be attributed to a particular subsector, then it was left assigned only to a sector. Assignment of sites on the east side of Discovery Bay and other sectors is not associated with particular zones, and georeferencing is currently not available for some sites including “Rendezvous de Terrier”, and “Silver Seas”. A subset of the images were made on shore, and these have not been georeferenced. Site data assignments may change with further research and comparisons with images from other photographers. Approximate site coordinates are available in the file dive_sites.kml .
DOI: 10.5519/0036305
title: Recent and Eocene planktonic foraminiferal diversity

description: Two datasets containing multiple diversity metrics of planktonic foraminifera. Recent data is from MARGO; Eocene data is from NEPTUNE, supplemented by literature searches. These data are related to Fenton et al (2016) Phil Trans
DOI: 10.5519/0051107
title: Bluebell Survey 2012

description: Data from the 2012 Natural History Museum Bluebell Survey - a citizen science recording project.
DOI: 10.5519/0002782
title: Next-generation mitogenomics: A comparison of approaches applied to caecilian amphibian phylogeny

description: Seychelles caecilian mitogenome alignments and phylogenetic trees: Maddock ST, Briscoe AG, Wilkinson M, Waeschenbach A, San Mauro D, Day JJ, Littlewood DTJ, Foster PG, Nussbaum RA & Gower DJ (2016) Next-generation mitogenomics: A comparison of approaches applied to caecilian amphibian phylogeny. PLoS ONE
DOI: 10.5519/0012370
title: Data supporting 'The distribution and abundance of chironomids in high-latitude Eurasian lakes with respect to temperature and continentality: development and application of new chironomid-based climate-inference models in northern Russia.'

description: This dataset is a csv file of abundance data of chironomid larvae subfossils isolated from surface sediments collected from lakes in arctic and subarctic Russia between 61 and 72 °N and 50 - 132 °E. The 81 lakes form the calibration dataset used to develop a chironomid-based inference model to estimate past mean July air temperatures. The data comprise lake code, July air temperatures estimated for each lake by spatial interpolation of meteorological records and percentage abundance data of the chironomid taxa. Further details of the lakes and development of the inference model are given in the following reference: A.E. Self, S.J. Brooks, H.J.B. Birks, L. Nazarova, D. Porinchu, A. Odland, H. Yang and, V.J. Jones (2011). The distribution and abundance of chironomids in high-latitude Eurasian lakes with respect to temperature and continentality: development and application of new chironomid-based climate-inference models in northern Russia. Quaternary Science Reviews 30: 1122-1141.
DOI: 10.5519/0027425
title: Data supporting two papers on chironomid larvae subfossils from Lifebuoy Lake, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East

description: This dataset is a csv file of abundance data of chironomid larvae subfossils isolated from a lake sediment core collected on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East. Lifebuoy Lake (unofficial name; 59°06′593″N, 163°09′141″E) is a small lake (area is approximately 0.8 ha),which is located on a narrow peninsula between two coastal bays, Karaga Bay and Ossora Bay about 200m from the Pacific coast, in north-eastern Kamchatka. The core was dated using tephrochronology and radiocarbon dating; details of the methods used to correlate and date the cores, together with the age-depth modelling are given in the following reference: G. Plunkett, S.E. Coulter, V.V. Ponomareva, M. Blaauw, A. Klimaschewski and D. Hammarlund (2015). Distal tephrochronology in volcanic regions: Challenges and insights from Kamchatkan lake sediments. Global and Planetary Change 134, 26–40 The chironomids were analysed, together with pollen, diatoms and selected geochemical parameters to examine the response of the lake to Holocene environmental and climate change. The chironomid data were also used to provide estimates of summer temperatures. The data comprise core depth and percentage abundance data for the core. Further details of the study site, results and their interpretation are given in: N. Solovieva, A. Klimaschewski, A.E. Self, V.J. Jones, E. Andrén, A.A. Andreev, D. Hammarlund, E.V. Lepskaya, L. Nazarova (2015). The Holocene environmental history of a small coastal lake on the north-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. Global and Planetary Change 134, 55–66.
DOI: 10.5519/0093852
title: Data supporting two papers on chironomid larvae subfossils from Olive-backed Lake, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East

description: This dataset is a csv file of abundance data of chironomid larvae subfossils isolated from a lake sediment core collected on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East. Olive-backed Lake (unofficial name; 56° 12.0740 N; 158° 51.4930 E) is a closed, high altitude lake situated approximately 30 km north of the settlement of Esso in the central mountain range. The core was dated using tephrochronology and radiocarbon dating; details of the methods used to correlate and date the cores, together with the age-depth modelling are given in the following reference: G. Plunkett, S.E. Coulter, V.V. Ponomareva, M. Blaauw, A. Klimaschewski and D. Hammarlund (2015). Distal tephrochronology in volcanic regions: Challenges and insights from Kamchatkan lake sediments. Global and Planetary Change 134, 26–40 The chironomids were analysed, together with pollen, diatoms and selected geochemical parameters to examine the response of the lake to Holocene environmental and climate change. The chironomid data were also used to provide estimates of summer temperatures. The data comprise core depth and percentage abundance data for the core. Further details of the study site, results and their interpretation are given in: A.E. Self, A. Klimaschewski, N. Solovieva, V.J. Jones, E. Andrén, A.A. Andreev, D. Hammarlund and S.J. Brooks (2015). The relative influences of climate and volcanic activity on Holocene lake development inferred from a mountain lake in central Kamchatka. Global and Planetary Change 134 (2015) 67–81
DOI: 10.5519/0016008
title: Data supporting two papers on chironomid larvae subfossils from Pechora Lake, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East

description: This dataset is a csv file of abundance data of chironomid larvae subfossils isolated from a lake sediment core collected on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East. The lake, Pechora Lake (unofficial name; 59°17.6′N, 163°07.8′E), is a small lake (approximately 50 x 300 m) located about 2 km from the Bering Sea coast, near the town of Ossora in north-eastern Kamchatka. The core was dated using tephrochronology and radiocarbon dating; details of the methods used to correlate and date the cores, together with the age-depth modelling are given in the following reference: G. Plunkett, S.E. Coulter, V.V. Ponomareva, M. Blaauw, A. Klimaschewski and D. Hammarlund (2015). Distal tephrochronology in volcanic regions: Challenges and insights from Kamchatkan lake sediments. Global and Planetary Change 134, 26–40 The chironomids were analysed, together with pollen, diatoms and selected geochemical parameters to examine the response of the lake to Holocene environmental and climate change. The chironomid data were also used to provide estimates of summer temperatures. The data comprise core depth and percentage abundance data for the core. Further details of the study site, results and their interpretation are given in: E. Andrén, A. Klimaschewski, A.E. Self, N. St. Amour, A.A. Andreev, K.D. Bennett, D.J. Conley, T.W.D. Edwards, N. Solovieva, D. Hammarlund (2015). Holocene climate and environmental change in north-eastern Kamchatka (Russian Far East), inferred from a multi-proxy study of lake sediments. Global and Planetary Change 134, 41–54
DOI: 10.5519/0005448
title: Data supporting 'Late Holocene environmental change in arctic western Siberia.'

description: This dataset is a csv file of abundance data of chironomid larvae subfossils isolated from lake sediment cores collected on the Putorana Plateau, western Siberia. The lakes were selected to reflect the differing altitudes and habitats on the Plateau. Lake Glukhoe (code-named GYXO, 068° 09’ 54″N, 092° 10′ 23″E) is a large lake within a river valley – wetland environment at an altitude of 569 m.a.s.l.; the second lake (code-named PONE, 068° 08′ 33″N, 092° 12′ 11″E) is situated in a hanging valley between two mountain ridges at an altitude of 596 m.a.s.l. and the third lake (code-named PTHE, 068° 12′ 12″N, 092° 10′ 44″E) was the highest altitude lake sampled at 805 m.a.s.l. The data was used to provide estimates of late Holocene climate in this remote region of Arctic Russia. The data comprise core depth, estimated age with error and percentage abundance data for each of the cores. Details of the methods used to date the cores and age-depth modelling are given in the following reference: A.E. Self, V.J. Jones and S.J. Brooks (2015) Late Holocene environmental change in arctic western Siberia. The Holocene Vol. 25(1) 150–165.
DOI: 10.5519/0039445
title: Solanum ANS Clade

description: CSV format file of all specimens used in the preparation of the monograph of the monograph of the African Non-Spiny Clade of _Solanum_ (Solanaceae). Publication details: Knapp, S. & M.S. Vorontsova (2016) A revision of the “African Non-Spiny” Clade of Solanum L. (Solanum sections Afrosolanum Bitter, Benderianum Bitter, Lemurisolanum Bitter, Lyciosolanum Bitter, Macronesiotes Bitter, and Quadrangulare Bitter: Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 66: 1-142. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.66.8457. Note: Extract from the Brahms database used to create Solanaceae Source (www.solanaceaesource.org) - where no value for numeric fields exists, Brahms output generates a "0"; care should be taken with fields containing "0" in this dataset.
DOI: 10.5519/0055154
title: African spiny Solanum

description: Specimen data used in the revision African spiny Solanum species for the publication by Vorontsova MS and Knapp S (2016) A revision of the "spiny solanums", Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum (Solanaceae), in Africa and Madagascar. Systematic Botany Monographs 99: 1- 432.
DOI: 10.5519/0028307
title: Cicadas of India

description: Data supporting: Price B, Allan E, Marathe K, Sarkar V, Simon C, Kunte K (2016) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8051. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051
DOI: 10.5519/0035055
title: Henry Buckley Collection of Planktonic Foraminifera

description: The Henry Buckley Collection of Planktonic Foraminifera at the Natural History Museum in London (NHMUK) consists of 1,665 single-taxon slides housing almost 24,000 individuals from 203 sites from all the major ocean basins, as well as a vast research library of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) photomicrographs. Buckley picked the material from the NHMUK Ocean-Bottom Deposit Collection and also from fresh tow samples. However, his collection remains largely unused as he was discouraged by his managers in the Mineralogy Department from working on or publicising the collection. Nevertheless, Buckley published pioneering papers on isotopic interpretation of oceanographic and climatic change and was one of the first workers to investigate foraminiferal wall structure using the SEM technique. Details of the collection and images of each slide are available via the NHMUK Data Portal (http://data.nhm.ac.uk). The Buckley Collection and its associated Ocean-Bottom Deposit Collection have great potential for taxon-specific studies as well as geochemical studies, and are available on request. ##Related materials: Marina C. Rillo, John Whittaker, Thomas H. G. Ezard, Andy Purvis, Andrew S. Henderson, Stephen Stukins, C. Giles Miller, The unknown planktonic foraminiferal pioneer Henry A. Buckley and his collection at The Natural History Museum, London. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 36(2), 191-194. doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jmpaleo2016-020
DOI: 10.5519/0008953
title: Recent foram diversity

description: This data are used to produce the analysis and results of the paper Fenton et al (2016) Environmental predictors of diversity in Recent planktonic foraminifera from marine sediment samples.
DOI: 10.5519/0063794
title: Clayton Herbarium

description: John Clayton (1694-1773) was a notable early collector of plant specimens in North America. From 1720 until his death, he was Clerk to the Court of Gloucester County in Virginia, where he collected extensively. Although Clayton published almost nothing himself, his specimens reached Europe in the 1730s and became the basis for descriptions of new species published by the Dutch botanist Johan Gronovius (1690-1762). In addition, Clayton’s specimens were studied by the Swedish systematist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and they therefore have considerable importance in fixing the application of early scientific (binomial) names of North American plant species. Further information on Clayton and his herbarium can be found here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/botany-collections/historical-botanical-collections/john-clayton-herbarium.html
DOI: 10.5519/0070067
title: Widespread occurrence of vermiculite on Mars

description: Vermiculite is probably widespread on Mars due to low water conditions and the abundant mafic rocks. Data from Riotinto (SW Spain) provide an example and model of vermiculite formation on Mars
DOI: 10.5519/0076641
title: Dataset collated for meta-analysis of the Natural History Museum's grounds

description: This dataset contains surveyed estimates of species richness of invertebrates and plants in different habitat types, or habitats of different areas. Data was collated from multiple published articles (from tables, text or figures), and split into studies when methodology varied within an article. Data collected as part of a meta-analysis to determine average biodiversity value of habitats within the NHM's grounds.
DOI: 10.5519/0060042
title: Crop weeds of Paraguay

description: Paraguay, a country whose economy is based mainly on agriculture and livestock for export, has experienced a major expansion in mechanized crops during the last few decades. Despite being heavily dependent on agriculture, Paraguay has very limited research on crop weeds, in spite of these having a high economic impact on production. This work aims to update and enhance the knowledgebase on the most common weeds affecting productive fields throughout the different ecoregions of Paraguay. We present here the first checklist of crop weeds for the country, which includes a total of 256 taxa (189 species, 10 subspecies, 54 varieties and 3 forms), with the most species-rich families being Poaceae and Asteraceae followed by Malvaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae. The list includes three new records for the country. Synonyms, distribution details within Paraguay, habit and a voucher specimen are provided for each taxon.
DOI: 10.5519/0001289
title: Solanum insanum

description: Dataset of specimens examined of the eggplant wild relative Solanum insanum; used in the preparation of: Ranil RHG, Prohens J, Aubriot X, Niran HML, Plazas M, Fonseka RM, Vilanova S, Fonseka HH, Gramazio P, Knapp S. 2016. _Solanum insanum_ L. (subgenus _Leptostemonum_ Bitter, Solanaceae), the neglected wild progenitor of eggplant (_S. melongena_ L): a review of taxonomy, characteristics and uses aimed at its enhancement for improved eggplant breeding. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, doi:10.1007/s10722-016-0467-z.
DOI: 10.5519/0062484
title: Hermann Herbarium

description: The collection of dried plants and drawings made in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for Paul Hermann in the 1670s possesses a special importance in being one of the first major collections of the botany of the East Indies. Although largely restricted to plants from the area around Colombo (including a number of foreign introductions in gardens), the collection is nevertheless of great scientific importance. Unfortunately, Hermann's premature death, in 1695, delayed its becoming available to the scientific world of his time.