DNA barcoding is an excellent tool for biodiversity surveys but success rates might drop when closer localities are included. The DNA barcoding is being used to record the species in New Guinea and other
Melanesian Fauna.
"Community ecology and conservation biology are highly relevant in these times of global climate change and biodiversity crisis. They rely heavily on species-based hypotheses as their basic currency. Ecologists are increasingly aware of the great importance and added value of “good” taxonomy, e.g., in studies of local species richness, large-scale patterns of biodiversity and regional / global species estimation," according to
DNA Barcoding for Community Ecology - How to Tackle a Hyperdiverse, Mostly Undescribed Melanesian Fauna, a recently published paper at PLoS One.
The group of researchers has recently shown that the New Guinea weevils in the genus Trigonopterus are locally very diverse, with more than 50 species in a single small mountain range.
Systematics is a basic biological discipline that investigates and describes the biodiversity on our planet. The science conducted at the Bavarian State Collection involves research on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural history of animals, and provides an adequate and sustainable depository for zoological specimens.
The 7-minute video introduces the large scale project "Barcoding Fauna Bavarica" that aims to create a DNA barcode library of Bavarian animal species. The project has expanded to help classify animals across the world.
Video: The Barcoding Fauna Bavarica-project
Credit: ZSM
The ZSM is, with over 20 million zoological objects, one of the largest natural history collections in the world. Many of these specimens have been collected by staff and other collectors during the 200 year long history of the ZSM. One of our main aims is to protect the enormous biological information associated with each zoological object and to make this information available to the scientific and general public.
The research conducted at the ZSM on taxonomic, systematic, biological, and biogeographical issues, and the documentation and dissemination of this information, provides the biosystematic basis for research projects focussing on issues of biodiversity, conservation, evolution, and ecology.
The ZSM consists of several sections according to groupings of the animal kingdom. In addition there are several externally fundedprojects.
The library of the ZSM holds more than 90.000 books and about 1500 current journals. The most valuable part of the library is the collecion of historical books going back to the 16th century.
Contacts and sources: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
1 Department of Entomology, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany, 2 Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, 3 Department of Biology, Universitas Cendrawasih, Jayapura, Indonesia, 4 GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 5 Department of Entomology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,
Systematics is a basic biological discipline that investigates and describes the biodiversity on our planet. The science conducted at the Bavarian State Collection involves research on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural history of animals, and provides an adequate and sustainable depository for zoological specimens.
The 7-minute video introduces the large scale project "Barcoding Fauna Bavarica" that aims to create a DNA barcode library of Bavarian animal species. The project has expanded to help classify animals across the world.
Video: The Barcoding Fauna Bavarica-project
Credit: ZSM
The ZSM is, with over 20 million zoological objects, one of the largest natural history collections in the world. Many of these specimens have been collected by staff and other collectors during the 200 year long history of the ZSM. One of our main aims is to protect the enormous biological information associated with each zoological object and to make this information available to the scientific and general public.
The research conducted at the ZSM on taxonomic, systematic, biological, and biogeographical issues, and the documentation and dissemination of this information, provides the biosystematic basis for research projects focussing on issues of biodiversity, conservation, evolution, and ecology.
The ZSM consists of several sections according to groupings of the animal kingdom. In addition there are several externally fundedprojects.
The library of the ZSM holds more than 90.000 books and about 1500 current journals. The most valuable part of the library is the collecion of historical books going back to the 16th century.
Contacts and sources: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
1 Department of Entomology, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany, 2 Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, 3 Department of Biology, Universitas Cendrawasih, Jayapura, Indonesia, 4 GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, 5 Department of Entomology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,
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