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California Desert Studies Center Bird Specimens (Arctos)

Specimen Records: 63
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-04-18

The Desert Studies Center is a 1200-acre field station established for the better understanding and appreciation of the Mojave Desert. Its location on Chemehuevi territory within Mojave National Preserve provides access to the broad range of habitats and landscapes of the unique Mojave Desert, from alkalai salt flats to Joshua tree forest, from sand dunes to recent lava flows. Established in 1976 in partnership with the Bureau of Land ManagementOpens in new window , the Center is operated for the California State University by seven southern California CSU campuses: Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona, and San Bernardino. With the passage of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994, the Desert Studies Center was placed into Mojave National PreserveOpens in new window , and the National Park Service became our federal partner. Bird collection includes 63 specimens with a focus on the Mojave Desert geographic area, spanning from 1978 -1996.

Contacts

Name Terry McGlynn
RoleDirector
Emaildesertstudies@fullerton.edu
Name Terry McGlynn
RoleDirector
Emaildesertstudies@fullerton.edu
Name Emily Dyer
RoleOperations Assistant Manager
Emailnone
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name Terry McGlynn
RoleDirector
Emaildesertstudies@fullerton.edu
Name Emily Dyer
RoleOperations Assistant Manager
Emailnone
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  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
dwc_datasetid_added  i48
76.19
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i48
76.19
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i48
76.19
dwc_taxonid_added  i48
76.19
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i48
76.19
gbif_canonicalname_added  i48
76.19
gbif_genericname_added  i48
76.19
gbif_taxon_corrected  i48
76.19
gbif_vernacularname_added  i47
74.603
dwc_multimedia_added  i44
69.841
dwc_continent_added  i42
66.667
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i42
66.667
gbif_reference_added  i33
52.381
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i31
49.206
dwc_specificepithet_added  i29
46.032
dwc_continent_replaced  i21
33.333
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i13
20.635
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i10
15.873
taxon_match_failed  i8
12.698
dwc_family_replaced  i7
11.111
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