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 - **Point Cloud Format**: NumPy arrays
 - **Annotation Type**: Per-point semantic labels
 
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+## Citation
+
+If you use NEST3D, please cite the dataset:
+
+```bibtex
+@misc{nest3d_dataset,
+  author    = {Molina Catricheo, Constanza A. and May, Giacomo and Guo, Ting-Jia and Reinhard, Friedrich F. and Risse, Benjamin},
+  title     = {{NEST3D}: A High-Resolution Multimodal Dataset of Sociable Weaver Tree Nests},
+  year      = {2026},
+  publisher = {Hugging Face},
+  doi       = {10.57967/hf/8978},
+  url       = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/NEST3D/dataset},
+  note      = {Version 1.0}
+}
+```
+
+DOI: https://doi.org/10.57967/hf/8978
+
 ## Acknowledgments
 
 This work was funded by:
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 For questions, issues, or contributions, please visit the [dataset discussion forum](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NEST3D/dataset/discussions).
 
 
-**Last Updated**: February 2026  
+**Last Updated**: May 2026  
 **Dataset Version**: 1.0