Artefacts, biology and bias in museum collection research

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3103-3109

  Wehi, Priscilla M ^a   Whaanga, Hemi ^b   Trewick, Steve A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

experimenta design; haplotype frequency; kahukiwi; kiwi; Maori; sampling error; stable isotope; weaving

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; INFORMATION CENTER; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); MUSEUMS; NATURAL HISTORY; RESEARCH; SELECTION BIAS;

APTERYX;

EID: 84862770066     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05589.x     Document Type: Review

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