AviSample Network

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.

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: avisample.net/samples/view?i… #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

🌟 A milestone for @AviSampleNet! Standardized and centralized sharing of #sample #metadata has the potential as highlighted in @Nature. nature.com/articles/d4158… Our initiative started in @IBIS_journal and now paves the way for boosting scientific impact in #ornithology.

🔍 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. 🔽 doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpa… 🐦 #ornithology #samplereuse

NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet! 42 #claw samples from Bluethroaths and Moustached Warblers collected in #Hungary 2023. IDs: AS05330, AS05331 More details: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples/view?i… #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

NEW #Avian #sample #metadata @AviSampleNet! 93 greater covert #feathers from Great Tits sampled in #Poland in 2022 (identifiers: AS04876–AS05061). More details: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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

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: avisample.net/samples #mutuallybeneficial #samples

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: avisample.net/samples #reuse #ornithology #birds

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 avisample.net to find out!

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 avisample.net? - Benefits and applications in #ornithology. - Tips for use! 🧵👇