02737nas a2200337   4500008004100000245012600041210006900167300001400236490000800250520164500258100002301903700002001926700002001946700001801966700001901984700002402003700002402027700003102051700002302082700002202105700002402127700002202151700002302173700002402196700002602220700002002246700002802266700002202294700002002316856006302336       2019                        eng d00aBuilding an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites0 aBuilding an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity  a382 - 3930 v1003 a<p>Museum specimens play an increasingly important role in predicting the outcomes and revealing the consequences of anthropogenically driven disruption of the biosphere. As ecological communities respond to ongoing environmental change, host&ndash;parasite interactions are also altered. This shifting landscape of host&ndash;parasite associations creates opportunities for colonization of different hosts and emergence of new pathogens, with implications for wildlife conservation and management, public health, and other societal concerns. Integrated archives that document and preserve mammal specimens along with their communities of associated parasites and ancillary data provide a powerful resource for investigating, anticipating, and mitigating the epidemiological, ecological, and evolutionary impacts of environmental perturbation. Mammalogists who collect and archive mammal specimens have a unique opportunity to expand the scope and impact of their field work by collecting the parasites that are associated with their study organisms. We encourage mammalogists to embrace an integrated and holistic sampling paradigm and advocate for this to become standard practice for museum-based collecting. To this end, we provide a detailed, field-tested protocol to give mammalogists the tools to collect and preserve host and parasite materials that are of high quality and suitable for a range of potential downstream analyses (e.g., genetic, morphological). Finally, we also encourage increased global cooperation across taxonomic disciplines to build an integrated series of baselines and snapshots of the changing biosphere.</p>1 aGalbreath, Kurt, E1 aHoberg, Eric, P1 aCook, Joseph, A1 aArmién, Blas1 aBell, Kayce, C1 aCampbell, Mariel, L1 aDunnum, Jonathan, L1 aDursahinhan, Altangerel, T1 aEckerlin, Ralph, P1 aGardner, Scott, L1 aGreiman, Stephen, E1 aHenttonen, Heikki1 aJiménez, Agustín1 aKoehler, Anson, V A1 aNyamsuren, Batsaikhan1 aTkach, Vasyl, V1 aTorres-Pérez, Fernando1 aTsvetkova, Albina1 aHope, Andrew, G  uhttps://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/100/2/382/5436909