In order to access ForestGEO Arthropod Initiative data, you must first register as a site user and login. “Export permissions” can then be requested by email from the user dashboard. The email requires that the applicant agree to comply with the “Terms and Conditions” for the use of ForestGEO arthropod data as described here. A record is created in our user database for every Data Request. The prospective investigator should resubmit an email for each substantially different project.
In order to vouch for the accuracy of the data, and to capture a record of every use, prospective investigators are not permitted to share the data with other parties not included in the Data Request email.
Prospective investigators are not permitted to use the data for projects or analyses other than those explicitly described in the Data Request email. A new Data Request email must be submitted for any new use of data. Prospective investigators are also not permitted to sell the data, or use them in any way for commercial gain. The principal investigators of the ForestGEO Arthropod Initiative reserve the right to deny access to the data, and to decide who should be included as co-authors on any paper.
Publications using the ForestGEO Arthropod data should include the following citations:
Basset, Y., Davies, S.J. & Butterill, P.T. 2018. ForestGEO Arthropod Initiative data. URL xxxxxx.
Basset, Y., Lamarre, G.P.A., Ratz, T., Segar, S.T., Decaëns, T., Rougerie, R., Miller, S.E., Perez, F., Bobadilla, R. Lopez, Y., Ramirez, J.A., Aiello, A. & Barrios, H. 2017. The Saturniidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: a model taxon for studying the long-term effects of climate change? Ecology and Evolution, 2017, 7, 9991–10004. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3515
Copies of manuscripts should be sent to the ForestGEO Arthropod PI: Dr Yves Basset (bassety@si.edu) prior to submission. Unless stated otherwise, the PI will not be involved as collaborator, but reserve the right to request authorship. Once published, the PDF and any supplementary documents should be sent to the PI and ForestGEO
Publications should also include the following acknowledgement:
"The ForestGEO Arthropod Initiative is managed by Y. Basset under the ForestGEO network and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Many organizations have provided funding, and many research assistants have contributed data."