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 used globally by researchers in systematics, floristics, botanical survey and diversity analysis. 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

Filer, D.L. (2011). BRAHMS Version 6.9 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Available on http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol//home/.

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

Filer, D.L. (2010). BRAHMS WebConnect: website development and publishing online from BRAHMS. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Available on http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/content/documentation/BRAHMSWebConnect.pdf.

Filer, D.L. (2008). BRAHMS documentation guide. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Equivalent to c. 250pp text. Available on
http://dps.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/documentation/Default.aspx

Filer, D.L. (2006). Technical aspects of utilizing BRAHMS as a tool to integrate the Amazon herbaria. Invited presentation at workshop ‘Proposal to implement an electron network of herbaria in Amazônia’, INPA, Manaus, Brazil.

Filer, D.L. (2003). Maximizando a utilidade dos bancos de dados de herbários. Invited presentation at the Brazil National Botany Congress, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

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

Kiew, W. Khin, N.N. and Filer, D.L. (2001) Implementing BRAHMS at the Singapore Herbarium. Newsletter of the Singapore Botanic Gardens 16: 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). Oxford Forestry Institute, 36pp.

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

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 pp. 18-31. Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress. 22-27 August 1994, Wagenigen, Netherlands. L.J.G. van der Maesen et. al. (eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

Filer, D.L. (1988). A Database for Tree Improvement and Seed Bank Management, Commonwealth Forestry Review 67(3) No 212.

Full Publication List (while at this department)

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.

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

Funding

Funding is raised from a range of small research grants (e.g. Darwin Initiative) and research activities and developments contracted by specific projects. We also generate income by offering training courses. Many BRAHMS users contribute to the project on an annual basis. Corporate sources are also being explored.

Collaborators

The BRAHMS project has collaborative projects in over 50 countries.