Museum collections in ornithology: Today's record of avian biodiversity for tomorrow's world

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Joseph, Leo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MUSEUM; ORNITHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

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EID: 80052250447     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MUv111n3_ED     Document Type: Review

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