Mr DL Filer

Research Area

Plant diversity

Research Description

I study and document plant diversity. At Plant Sciences, my work focuses on the development and implementation of BRAHMS Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System. BRAHMS is a database management system for botanical researchers and herbaria providing wide-ranging functionality to gather, edit, analyse and publish botanical data, optimizing its use for curation and research. An international advisory group was established in 1999. Key BRAHMS project events are documented on: http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/BRAHMS/News/Index. Read more about BRAHMS.

Publications (while at this department)

Filer, D.L. (2012) BRAHMS Version 7.0 Software. Available on http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/ .

Filer, D.L. (2012) BRAHMS documentation guide. Equivalent to c. 250pp text. Available on http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/brahms/Documentation .

Filer, D.L. (2012) BRAHMS WebConnect: website development and publishing online from BRAHMS. Available on http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/content/documentation/BRAHMSWebConnect.pdf .

Proenca, C.E.B, Filer, D.L, Lenza, E, Silva, J.S, Harris, S.A. (2012) Phenological Predictability Index in BRAHMS: A tool for herbarium-based phenological studies Ecography..
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07329.x.

Filer, D.L. (2010) Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System. BRAHMS for beginners training Guide. Available on http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/content/documentation/BRAHMStraining2010.pdf .

Hughes, C.E, Govindarajulu, R, Robertson, A, Filer, D.L, Harris, S.A, Bailey, C.D. (2007) Serendipitous backyard hybridization and the origin of crops Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of. 104 (36): pp 14389-14389.
doi:10.1073/pnas.0702193104.

Filer, D.L. (2001) Databases and herbarium efficiency BioNET newsletter. 8:

Kiew, W, Khin, N.N, Filer, D.L. (2001) Implementing BRAHMS at the Singapore Herbarium Newsletter of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. 16: pp 15-17

Filer, D.L. (2000) A review of collections management at the Museu Paraense -Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) Belém, Brazil. Technical report prepared for the Museu Goeldi-DFID Pilot Programme (PPG-7) .

Hawthorne, W.D, Filer, D.L, Turnbull, D.J. (1999) Tree data management, mapping, and the development of the TREMA software International Forestry Review. 1 (2): pp 87-96

Barnes, R.D, Filer, D.L, Milton, S.J. (1996) Acacia karroo Monograph and Annotated Bibliography Tropical Forestry Papers. 32:

Pearce, T.R, Filer, D.L, Vanden Berghe, E. (1996) Computerization of the East African Herbarium: Development of a regional plant information service; in: The Biodiversity of African Plants Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress. 22-27 August 1994, Wagenigen, Netherlands. pp 18-31

Filer, D.L. (1988) A database for tree improvement and seed bank management: SISTEM Commonwealth Forestry Review. 67 (3): pp 243-251

Funding

Funding is raised through research grants, consultancy, BRAHMS support agreements and training courses.

Collaborators

BRAHMS is used in over 60 countries. The largest single project to date is the herbarium network running in the Netherlands. The country with the highest number of individual herbarium and research projects in Brazil.