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| Autor(es): |
Lima, Rafael Dantas
Número total de Autores: 1
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | AUK; v. 141, n. 2, p. 5-pg., 2024-01-17. |
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A survey of recent taxonomic studies of birds that included acoustic trait analyses reveals that most studies have not archived the sound recordings that support their conclusions, despite the current availability of online, publicly available collections of bird sounds. In addition, bird sound recordings have often been cited without unique accession numbers that permit unambiguous sample identification and in considerably less detail than other types of samples, such as museum specimens or genetic samples. Both this lack of data openness and the way acoustic samples have been cited undermine the methodological rigor that otherwise characterizes many of these studies, and much invaluable biological data are likely to be lost over time if bird sound recordings are not archived in long-term collections. I suggest that these problems can be easily addressed by embracing the open data movement and adopting some best practices that are widely used in other fields. Just as study skins and DNA sequences are required to be deposited in publicly available collections such as natural history museums and the GenBank, respectively, sound recordings used in taxonomic studies with acoustic trait analyses should be archived in publicly available collections as a condition for publication of associated results. Authors of taxonomic studies involving sounds should archive their sound recordings and provide unique accession numbers for sound recordings examined, and journals and reviewers should ensure that authors have done so. By embracing the open data movement, research studying avian acoustic signals is expected to become more transparent, reproducible, and useful. center dot While some studies of acoustic trait variation of birds have archived the recordings that support their conclusions, many have not.center dot Despite being invaluable behavioral specimens that document part of an individual's phenotype, bird sound recordings have not been treated with the same practices in data archiving as other types of specimens.center dot Proper archiving of bird sound recordings is worthwhile to promote research on avian acoustic signals that is transparent and reproducible, and to ensure that invaluable biological data are not lost over time.center dot Authors of taxonomic studies involving sounds should archive their sound recordings in long-term, publicly available collections and provide unique accession numbers for sound recordings.center dot Journals should require authors of taxonomic studies involving sounds to archive their recordings as a condition for publication and to provide unique accession numbers, and reviewers should confirm that authors have done so.center dot Researchers studying avian acoustic signals should embrace the open data movement to enhance the transparency, reproducibility, and utility of acoustic trait studies. Una revision de los recientes estudios taxonomicos de aves que incluyeron analisis de rasgos acusticos revela que la mayoria de los estudios no han archivado las grabaciones de sonido que respaldan sus conclusiones, a pesar de la disponibilidad actual de colecciones en linea, publicamente accesibles, de sonidos de aves. Ademas, las grabaciones de sonido de aves a menudo se han citado sin numeros de acceso unicos que permitan una identificacion de muestra inequivoca y con mucho menos detalle que otros tipos de muestras, como especimenes de museo o muestras geneticas. Tanto la falta de apertura de los datos como la forma en que se han citado las muestras acusticas socavan el rigor metodologico que caracteriza de otra manera a muchos de estos estudios, y es probable que se pierdan datos biologicos invaluables con el tiempo si las grabaciones de sonido de aves no se archivan en colecciones a largo plazo. Sugiero que estos problemas pueden abordarse facilmente adscribiendo al movimiento de datos abiertos y siguiendo algunas de las buenas practicas ampliamente utilizadas en otros campos. Asi como se requiere que las pieles de estudio y las secuencias de ADN se depositen en colecciones publicamente disponibles como museos de historia natural y el GenBank, respectivamente, las grabaciones de sonido utilizadas en estudios taxonomicos con analisis de rasgos acusticos deben archivarse en colecciones publicamente disponibles como condicion para la publicacion de los resultados asociados. Los autores de estudios taxonomicos que involucran sonidos deben archivar sus grabaciones de sonido y proporcionar numeros de acceso unicos para las grabaciones de sonido examinadas, y las revistas y revisores deben asegurarse de que los autores lo hayan hecho. Asi, se espera que la adscripcion al movimiento de datos abiertos posibilite que la investigacion sobre las senales acusticas de las aves sea mas transparente, reproducible y util. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 21/10339-1 - Taxonomia integrativa de dois tamnofilídeos altamente politípicos (Aves: Thamnophilidae) |
| Beneficiário: | Rafael Dantas Lima |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado |