AviSample Network

Avian #sample #metadata repository facilitates sample #reuse in #ornithology.

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WELCOME to @AviSampleNet – catalogue of #bird samples owned by researchers across the world and the first #metadata #repository facilitating access to these samples!

We tweet about #metadata & sample #reuse.

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

11 #feather samples from #threatened and #GPS tracked Turtle Dove collected in #Czechia in 2024 as part of the #HABITRACK project.

IDs: AS05345

More details: https://t.co/EacmwUxgKs

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

147 #blood samples from House Sparrows and Rufous-collared Sparrows collected in #Ecuador in 2004.

IDs: AS05347-AS05353

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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🌟 A milestone for @AviSampleNet!

Standardized and centralized sharing of #sample #metadata has the potential as highlighted in @Nature.

https://t.co/8pvMSYUHAW

Our initiative started in @IBIS_journal and now paves the way for boosting scientific impact in #ornithology.

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🔍 Check out the new study reusing samples!

Metadata of those samples were stored and accessible from @AviSampleNet.

Findings: Sympatry does not affect blood parasite loads in nightingales. 🔽

https://t.co/RKr6SyBtyg

🐦 #ornithology #samplereuse

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

42 #claw samples from Bluethroaths and Moustached Warblers collected in #Hungary 2023.

IDs: AS05330, AS05331

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd
#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

118 #claw & 30 #feather samples from Black Redstarts, Sedge Warblers, Thrush Nightingales and Collared Flycatchers, #Czechia 2023.

IDs: AS05062, 63 & 64, AS05328 & 29

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd
#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

760 tail and body #feathers from a range of European #passerine species sampled at 32 sites in #Czechia 2014-2016.

ID: AS05235–AS05326

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd
#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

202 feathers from Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia/Curruca curruca collected at a ringing station in western #Mongolia #Asia by @batmunkh89.

ID: AS05327

More details: https://t.co/JjWml8hn0z

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

464 feathers from 42 #bird species collected across #Asia & #Europe by @HeimWieland.

Includes samples from a declining Yellow-breasted Buntings!

IDs: AS05157-AS05234

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

Fresh from the #field!

85 greater coverts, #feathers from cap and breast collected from Great Tits in #Poland in 2023 (identifiers: AS05071-AS05155).

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

1260 #cloacal and #feather samples collected by @CamilleTroisi from #Feral #Rock #Pigeons sampled in #Belgium in 2023 (identifiers: AS05065–AS05070).

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd
#reuse #ornithology #birds

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We are spreading the word at #EOU2023 right now.

Come to discover the first metadata repository to boost the potential of your #bird tissue #samples.

@rytikerttunen

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

30 #claw samples and primary #feathers collected by @rytikerttunen from #Black #redstarts sampled in #Czechia in 2023 (identifiers: AS05063–AS05064).

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

93 greater covert #feathers from Great Tits sampled in #Poland in 2022 (identifiers: AS04876–AS05061).

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnI6L

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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Big news!🥳AviSample Network (first metadata repository for avian samples) has topped the charts as the most downloaded scientific paper in Ibis @IBIS_journal!🎖️🐦

#ornithology #reuse #circular #science #research

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Discover the power of @AviSampleNet, the FREE #metadata #repository for #ornithology!

Browse, request, or upload #birds sample metadata with our centralized & searchable database. Check it out: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#mutuallybeneficial #samples

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NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet!

1231 #primary #feathers
1231 #tail feathers
1231 #blood #samples

Barn #Swallows, Eurasian Reed, Great Reed and Sedge #Warbles sampled across #Europe in 2022

More details: https://t.co/qT5QaNnahd

#reuse #ornithology #birds

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Researchers collect 1000s of #bird #samples every year and create an overlook opportunity.

The goal of @AviSampleNet is to facilitate #reuse of #samples in #ornithology by:

1) Collating #metadata
2) Providing #access to metadata

VISIT https://t.co/RZOPJfH5mq to find out!

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WELCOME to @AviSampleNet – #bird sample metadata #repository!

We tweet about #metadata & sample #reuse.

In this steadily growing thread, you will find:
- Why @AviSampleNet?
- How to use https://t.co/HlVk93tvwD?
- Benefits and applications in #ornithology.
- Tips for use!
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