Gerrit Smith Miller: His influence on the enduring legacy of natural history collections

Mammalia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Dunnum, Jonathan L ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalog; Europe; Miller; Museums

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGRAPHY; DATABASE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITY LOCATION; FAUNISTICS; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; MUSEUM; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH WORK; TAXONOMY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

MAMMALIA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869398363     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0071     Document Type: Review

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