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Title: | How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances | Authors: | Wood, C. L. Leslie, K. L. Claar, D. Mastick, N. Preisser, W. VANHOVE, Maarten Welicky, R. |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Source: | JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, 97 (Art N° e6) | Status: | Early view | Abstract: | Cite this article: Wood CL, Leslie KL, Claar D, Mastick N, Preisser W, Vanhove MPM, Welicky R (2023). How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances. Journal of Helminthology 97, e6, 1-13. https://doi. Abstract Many of the most contentious questions that concern the ecology of helminths could be resolved with data on helminth abundance over the past few decades or centuries, but unfortunately these data are rare. A new sub-discipline-the historical ecology of parasitism-is resurrecting long-term data on the abundance of parasites, an advancement facilitated by the use of biological natural history collections. Because the world's museums hold billions of suitable specimens collected over more than a century, these potential parasitological data-sets are broad in scope and finely resolved in taxonomic, temporal and spatial dimensions. Here, we set out best practices for the extraction of parasitological information from natural history collections, including how to conceive of a project, how to select specimens, how to engage curators and receive permission for proposed projects, standard operating protocols for dissections and how to manage data. Our hope is that other helminthologists will use this paper as a reference to expand their own research programmes along the dimension of time. | Keywords: | biological collections;infectious disease;environmental change;historical ecology;museum specimens;parasite | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39328 | ISSN: | 0022-149X | e-ISSN: | 1475-2697 | DOI: | 10.1017/S0022149X2200075X | ISI #: | 000910641800001 | Rights: | Published online by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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