Oklahoma Bird Specimen Records
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Oklahoma Biological Survey
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Oklahoma Bird Specimen Records
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The Oklahoma Bird Specimen Records database
contains museum specimen records of birds
collected in Oklahoma. The records includes
specimens housed in museums in Oklahoma and some
national and international museums. The database
does not include Oklahoma bird specimens housed at
the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Most of the information was gathered between 1979
and 1981. This database has been converted from
its original mainframe database to a Unix-based
MySQL database so that it could more easily be
accessed via the World Wide Web.
- Purpose:
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The information in the database in intended for
public use, as well as for academic research.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 18980101
- Ending_Date: 19810101
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: In work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Description_of_Geographic_Extent: State of Oklahoma
- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.051
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.392
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.178
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.417
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Oklahoma
- Theme_Keyword: Birds
- Theme_Keyword:
- Theme_Keyword: Distribution Records
- Access_Constraints:
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Records can be accessed via search on Oklahoma
Biological Survey web page (www.biosurvey.ou.edu)
- Use_Constraints:
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The Oklahoma Biological Survey does not vouch for
the accuracy of any records in the Oklahoma Bird
Specimen Records database
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Dan Hough
- Contact_Organization: Oklahoma Biological Survey
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 111 East Chesapeake Street
- City: Norman
- State_or_Province: Oklahoma
- Postal_Code: 73019
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (405) 325-4034
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (405) 325-7702
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dhough@ou.edu
- Hours_of_Service: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of
Oklahoma, Norman.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: MySQL database
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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No attempts have been made to verify the accouracy
of species identification, nor has any systematic
qulaity control been applied to data entry.
- Logical_Consistency_Report: None
- Completeness_Report:
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Information was complete for museums in Oklahoma
when the information was gathered. The most
recent specimens are from 1981.
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
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Location is provided by county name and by
referencing the collection site by it distance to
a nearby town or landscape feature. Distance
units in miles, usually mile of road.
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: Specimens
- Entity_Type_Definition: Museum specimens of birds collected in Oklahoma
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: musnum
- Attribute_Definition: Museum number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Unique record number including identifier for
museum
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: family
- Attribute_Definition: Taxonomic family
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: genus
- Attribute_Definition: Taxonomic genus
- Attribute_Definition_Source: databse field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: species
- Attribute_Definition: Taxonomic species epithet
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: comname
- Attribute_Definition:
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Common name based on 7th Edition of the A.O.U.
Checklist of North American Birds
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: county
- Attribute_Definition: County in which specimen was collected
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Unique record number indicating museum code and
record number assigned by that museum.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: locality
- Attribute_Definition:
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Location described as distance in miles or
kilometers from a town or landscape feature alon a
numberd state highway or other road, such that it
could be located on a map of Oklahoma
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: collectr
- Attribute_Definition: Person(s) who collected specimen
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fieldnum
- Attribute_Definition: Field number that collector assigned to specimen
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: day
- Attribute_Definition: Day of collection
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field. Day of the month
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: month
- Attribute_Definition: Month in which specimen was collected
- Attribute_Definition_Source: databse field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field. Month of year
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: year
- Attribute_Definition: Year in which specimen was collected
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field. Year
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: sex
- Attribute_Definition: Sex and maturity of specimen
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: prep
- Attribute_Definition: Type of preparation of specimen
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: museum
- Attribute_Definition: Museum in which specimen is located
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: remarks
- Attribute_Definition:
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Remarks about specimen, usually by collector.
Includes description of gonads when used for
determining sex of specimen
- Attribute_Definition_Source: database field
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Dan Hough
- Contact_Organization: Oklahoma Biological Survey
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 111 East Chesapeake Street
- City: Norman
- State_or_Province: Oklahoma
- Postal_Code: 73019
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (405) 325-4034
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (405) 325-7702
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dhough@ou.edu
- Hours_of_Service: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Distribution_Liability:
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Although we have processed these data successfully
on a computer system at the Oklahoma Biological
Survey, you must recognize that we cannot warranty
the accuracy or utility of the data. OBS data may
require a certain level of biological expertise
for proper analysis, interpretation, and
application. Our staff is available to advise you
on the technical aspects of these data. This
disclaimer applies both to individual use of the
data and aggregate use with other data. We
strongly recommend that you pay careful attention
to the contents of the metadata file associated
with these data. The Oklahoma Biological Survey
shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect
use of these data. It is your responsibility to
insure that the data you obtain from us are not
misapplied.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name: html
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: www.biosurvey.ou.edu/birddesc.html
- Fees: None
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20020926
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Dan Hough
- Contact_Organization: Oklahoma Biological Survey
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 111 East Chesapeake Street
- City: Norman
- State_or_Province: Oklahoma
- Postal_Code: 73019
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (405) 325-4034
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (405) 325-7702
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dhough@ou.edu
- Hours_of_Service: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
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NBII Content Standard for National Biological
Information Infrastructure Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: December 1995
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on Thu Sep 26 16:15:10 2002; modified by Dan Hough, 26 Sep 2002