Ecological data in museums survey results

Please refer to the "read_me.txt" file for metadata. We surveyed scientists working in fields related to ecology, animal behavior, taxonomy, and systematics to investigate how much ecological data taxonomists think should be recorded in the time of a specimen collection and with which frequency ecologists and animal behaviorists use information from museums. We invited 381 researchers representing a range of institutions (e.g., universities, museums, and research facilities), primarily from the United States and Uruguay, to complete a survey. Professors, curators, and post-doctoral associates comprised the majority of participants (62%), followed by graduate students (32%), and undergraduate students (5%). The table "S3_survey_questions.pdf" have the questions used in the on-line survey. The dataset "S3_survey_results.csv" have the results of the survey.