Keywords
colección de huevos; especímenes de museo; colección de nidos; colección de esqueletos; colección de tejidos; colección de lenguas.
How to Cite
Abstract
Introduction: Natural history collections play a vital role in research and education. However, their value and benefits are frequently overlooked, and the museum’s holdings tend to be unknown outside of museum personnel.
Objective: We aim to evaluate and report the taxonomic and geographic coverage of the ornithological collections of the museum of zoology at the Universidad de Costa Rica (MZUCR).
Methods: We estimated species-level and family-level representation across the six sub-collections of the collection of ornithology at MZUCR, and contrasted the taxonomic coverage and temporal patterns of the round-skin collection against other collections of Costa Rican birds housed in Costa Rica and abroad.
Results: The eggs and nests collection represent only a small fraction of the Costa Rican breeding birds (569 nests from 128 species and 117 egg clutches from 78 species). The skeleton collection is the smallest with little growth over time (353 skeletons from 203 species). Tongues collection is growing (845 tongues from 329 species) and expected to fuel future research in comparative morphology. The tissue collection is the most recent and has the highest growth rate (1979 samples from 408 species), reflecting the importance of molecular studies in current research. The round-skin collection has the highest representation of the Costa Rican avifauna (5080 skins from 761 species), but it represents a small fraction of all the specimens collected in Costa Rica.
Conclusion: These results highlight the importance of the MZUCR collection in documenting the Costa Rican avifauna, and its potential for ornithological research. However, the majority of species do not have the sufficient number of specimens required for robust population level studies. We underscore the importance of continuous growth and proper management of scientific collections for their use for future generations.
References
Adams, J. D. (2007). The historical context of science and education at the American Museum of Natural History. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2, 393–440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-007-9059-8
Alvarado, G., & Durán F. (2000). Estado actual de las colecciones ornitológicas del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. Brenesia, 53, 41–50.
Alvarado, J. J., Herrera, B., Corrales, L., Asch, J., & Paaby, P. (2011). Identificación de las prioridades de conservación de la biodiversidad marina y costera en Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, 59(2), 829–842.
Asase, A., Mzumara‐Gawa, T. I., Owino, J. O., Peterson, A. T., & Saupe, E. (2022). Replacing “parachute science” with “global science” in ecology and conservation biology. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(5), e517. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.517
Bakker, F. T., Antonelli, A., Clarke, J. A., Cook, J. A., Edwards, S. V., Ericson, P. G., ... & Källersjö, M. (2020). The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education. PeerJ, 8, e8225. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8225
Barrantes, G., & Loiselle, B. A. (2002). Reproduction, habitat use, and natural history of the Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher (Phainoptila melanoxantha), an endemic bird of the western Panama–Costa Rica highlands. Ornitologia Neotropical, 13(12), l–136.
Barrantes, G., & Sánchez, J. E. (2000). A new subspecies of Black and Yellow Silky Flycatcher, Phainoptila melanoxantha, from Costa Rica. Bulletin-British Ornithologists Club, 120(1), 40–45.
Bates, J. M., Fidino, M., Nowak‐Boyd, L., Strausberger, B. M., Schmidt, K. A., & Whelan, C. J. (2023). Climate change affects bird nesting phenology: Comparing contemporary field and historical museum nesting records. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(2), 263–272.
Card, D. C., Shapiro, B., Giribet, G., Moritz, C., & Edwards, S. V. (2021). Museum genomics. Annual Review of Genetics, 55(1), 633–659. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13683
Cavarzere, V., Silveira, L. F., Tonetti, V. R., Develey, P., Ubaid, F. K., Regalado, L. B., & Figueiredo, L. F. D. A. (2017). Museum collections indicate bird defaunation in a biodiversity hotspot. Biota Neotropica, 17(4), e2010404. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2017-040
Chavarría-Pizarro, T., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G., Fuchs, E. J., & Barrantes, G. (2010). Genetic and morphological variation of the sooty-capped bush tanager (Chlorospingus pileatus), a highland endemic species from Costa Rica and western Panama. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122(2), 279–287. https://doi.org/10.1676/09-111.1
Chesser, R. T., Billerman, S. M., Burns, K. J., Cicero, C., Dunn, J. L., Hernández-Baños, B. E., Jiménez, R. A., Johnson, O., Kratter, A. W., Mason, N. A., Rasmussen, P. C., & Remsen, J. V. (2024). Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology, 141(3), ukae019. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukae019
Conejo-Barboza, K. (2016). Variación intra-específica en el diseño de nidos abiertos en aves. [Tesis de maestría no publicada]. Universidad de Costa Rica.
Corrales-Moya, J., Barrantes, G., Chacón-Madrigal, E., & Sandoval, L. (2021). Human waste used as nesting material affects nest cooling in the clay-colored thrush. Environmental Pollution, 284, 117539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117539
Corrales-Moya, J., Barrantes, G., Chacón-Madrigal, E., & Sandoval, L. (2023). A potential consequence for urban birds’ fitness: Exposed anthropogenic nest materials reduce nest survival in the clay-colored thrush. Environmental Pollution, 326, 121456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121456
Daru, B. H., & Rodriguez, J. (2023). Mass production of unvouchered records fails to represent global biodiversity patterns. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(6), 816–831. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02047-3
Evans, E. M., Spiegel, A. N., Gram, W., Frazier, B. N., Tare, M., Thompson, S., & Diamond, J. (2010). A conceptual guide to natural history museum visitors' understanding of evolution. Journal of Research in Science Teaching: The Official Journal of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 47(3), 326–353. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.20337
Fong, J. J., Blom, M. P., Aowphol, A., McGuire, J. A., Sutcharit, C., & Soltis, P. S. (2023). Recent advances in museomics: revolutionizing biodiversity research. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1188172. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1188172
Green, R. E. (2008). Demographic mechanism of a historical bird population collapse reconstructed using museum specimens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1649), 2381–2387. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0473
Hall, A. V. (1974). Museum specimen record data storage and retrieval. Taxon, 23(1), 23–28. https://doi.org/10.2307/1218085
Hickey, J. J., & Anderson, D. W. (1968). Chlorinated hydrocarbons and eggshell changes in raptorial and fish-eating birds. Science, 162(3850), 271–273. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3850.271
Hiller, A. E., Cicero, C., Albe, M. J., Barclay, T. L., Spencer, C. L., Koo, M. S., Bowie, R. C. K., & Lacey, E. A. (2017). Mutualism in museums: A model for engaging undergraduates in biodiversity science. PLoS Biology, 15(11), e2003318. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003318
Hou, L., McMahan, C. D., McNeish, R. E., Munno, K., Rochman, C. M., & Hoellein, T. J. (2021). A fish tale: a century of museum specimens reveal increasing microplastic concentrations in freshwater fish. Ecological applications, 31(5), e02320. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2320
Ilechukwu, I., Das, R. R., & Reimer, J. D. (2023). Review of microplastics in museum specimens: An under-utilized tool to better understand the Plasticene. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 191, 114922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114922
Major, R. E., & Parsons, H. (2010). What do museum specimens tell us about the impact of urbanisation? A comparison of the recent and historical bird communities of Sydney. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 110, 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1071/MU09058
Miller, S. E., Barrow, L. N., Ehlman, S. M., Goodheart, J. A., Greiman, S. E., Lutz, H. L., Misiewicz, T. M., Smith, S. M., Tan, M., Thawley, C. J., Cook, J. A., & Light, J. E. (2020). Building natural history collections for the twenty-first century and beyond. BioScience, 70(8), 674-687. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa069
Modica, L., Lanuza, P., & García-Castrillo, G. (2020). Surrounded by microplastic, since when? Testing the feasibility of exploring past levels of plastic microfibre pollution using natural history museum collections. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110846
Nachman, M. W., Beckman, E. J., Bowie, R. C., Cicero, C., Conroy, C. J., Dudley, R., Hayes, T. B., Koo, M. S., Lacey, E. A., Martin, C. H., McGuire, J. A., Patton, J. L., Spencer, C. L., Tarvin, R. D., Wake, M. H., Wang, I. J., Achmadi, A., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Andersen, M. J., ... Zink, R. M. (2023). Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS biology, 21(11), e3002318. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002318
Nakahama, N. (2021). Museum specimens: An overlooked and valuable material for conservation genetics. Ecological Research, 36, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12181
Ocampo, D., Barrantes, G., & Uy, J. A. C. (2023a). Female and male plumage brightness is positively correlated among populations of the dichromatic Variable Seedeater. Ornithology, 140(2), ukad002. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad002
Ocampo, D., Winker, K., Miller, M. J., Sandoval, L., & Uy, J. A. C. (2023b). Replicate contact zones suggest a limited role of plumage in reproductive isolation among subspecies of the variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina). Molecular Ecology, 32(13), 3586–3604. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16938
Ramírez-Castañeda, V., Westeen, E. P., Frederick, J., Amini, S., Wait, D. R., Achmadi, A. S., Andayani, N., Arida, E., Arifin, U., Bernal, M. A., Bonaccorso, E., Sanguila, M. B., Brown, R. M., Che, J., Condori, F. P., Hertiningtias, D., Hiller, A. E., Iskandar D. T., Jiménez, R. A., … Tarvin, R. D. (2022). A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(34), e2122667119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122667119
Ratcliffe, D. A. (1967). Decrease in eggshell weight in certain birds of prey. Nature, 215, 208–210. https://doi.org/10.1038/215208a0
Rohwer, V. G., Rohwer, Y., & Dillman, C. B. (2022). Declining growth of natural history collections fails future generations. PLoS Biology, 20(4), e3001613. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001613
Rowe, R. J. (2005). Elevational gradient analyses and the use of historical museum specimens: a cautionary tale. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 1883–1897. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01346.x
Sanders, N. J., Cooper, N., Davis Rabosky, A. R., & Gibson, D. J. (2023). Leveraging natural history collections to understand the impacts of global change. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(2), 232–236. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13882
Saucier, J. R., Sánchez, C., & Carling, M. D. (2015). Patterns of genetic and morphological divergence reveal a species complex in the Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus). The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 132(4), 795–807. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-8.1
Schmitt, C. J., Cook, J. A., Zamudio, K. R., & Edwards, S. V. (2019). Museum specimens of terrestrial vertebrates are sensitive indicators of environmental change in the Anthropocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374, 20170387. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0387
Sealy, S. G., Sanchez, J. E., Campos R, R. G., & Marin, M. (1997). Bronzed cowbird hosts: new records, trends in host use, and cost of parasitism. Ornitologia Neotropical, 8, 175–184.
Sekercioglu, C. H. (2002). Impacts of birdwatching on human and avian communities. Environmental conservation, 29, 282–289. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892902000206
Shultz, A. J., Adams, B. J., Bell, K. C., Ludt, W. B., Pauly, G. B., & Vendetti, J. E. (2021). Natural history collections are critical resources for contemporary and future studies of urban evolution. Evolutionary applications, 14(1), 233247. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13045
Suarez, A. V., & Tsutsui, N. D. (2004). The value of museum collections for research and society. BioScience, 54, 66–74. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0066:TVOMCF]2.0.CO;2
Winker, K. (2004). Natural history museums in a postbiodiversity era. BioScience, 54, 455–459. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0455:NHMIAP]2.0.CO;2
Yasmin, A., Hanan A. & Zizo M. (2017). Museum: Historical Importance. Inosr Arts and Management, 3, 1–5.
##plugins.facebook.comentarios##
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.