Lessons from recordings lost in Brazil fire: deposit and back up

Abstract

The Outlook article 'Expanding the reach of science' (Nature 562, S10-S11; 2018) cited the wrong value for the number of STEM teachers in Accra who have been trained by The Exploratory. It should have been 70, not 700. Support for African clinician scientists As members of Africa's next generation of scientists, we agree that there is a need to build the capacity of African institutions to train skilled researchers and scholars (see go.nature. com/2araify). To this end, we recently founded the South African Clinician Scientists Society (www.sacss.co.za). By creating a collegial environment for emerging specialists, we hope this, and similar societies, will contribute to attracting and retaining African scientists and easing their scientific journey (see Nature 562, S58-S61; 2018). Researchers who return from training abroad to a supportive and enabling environment make the transition into successful independent scientists faster than do isolated researchers. So, the society uses three strategies to nurture talented professionals, centred on relationships. First, it identifies suitable mentors. Second, the society develops research networks. Third, it aims to create multidisciplinary research units that provide administrative and research support.

A deafening silence: a lack of data and reproducibility in published bioacoustics research?

“…using Creative Commons) and whether off-site backups are provided to protect against data loss (e.g. Dena et al 2018). Some repositories (e.g.…”

“…The loss of data due to natural or anthropogenic causes (e.g. Dena et al 2018) is reduced by having an independent backup in an external location.…”

The cardiorespiratory system of miniature frogs

“…Before histology process, all materials were fixed in formaldehyde and transferred to ethanol 70%, and deposited in the Museu de Diversidade Biológica (MDBio), Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil. All pictures and videos were deposited according recommendations (Dena et al., 2018, 2020) in MDBio (ZUEC‐PIC 703–785; ZUEC‐VID 1000–1042) and some of them are available in the Data S1. Samplings and dissections were approved by national institutions and the University ethics committee (SISBio #79186, COTEC #004767/2020‐42, #005121/2021‐37, CEUA #5903‐1/2021).…”

“…We collected 94 individuals: 13 specimens of B. rotenbergae were deposited according recommendations (Dena et al, 2018(Dena et al, , 2020 in MDBio (ZUEC-PIC 703-785; ZUEC-VID 1000-1042) and some of them are available in the Data S1. Samplings and dissections were approved by national institutions and the University ethics committee (SISBio #79186, COTEC #004767/2020-42, #005121/2021-37, CEUA #5903-1/2021).…”

Effects of traffic noise on calling activity of Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Anura, Hylidae)

“…Spectrograms were visualised with contrast of 75% and bright of 60%. Recordings in all trials were deposited according to previous recommendations (Dena et al, 2018(Dena et al, , 2020 in Fonoteca Neotropical Jaques Veilliard (FNJV 58961 -59020).…”