The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  Shaffer, H Bradley ^a   Fisher, Robert N ^b   Davidson, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MUSEUM COLLECTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES DECLINE;

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031893830     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01177-4     Document Type: Article

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