The value of hidden scientific resources: Preserved animal specimens from private collections and small museums

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1077-1082

  Casas Marce, Mireia ^a   Revilla, Eloy ^a   Fernandes, Margarida ^b   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Delibes, Miguel ^a   Godoy, José A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ancient DNA; biological collections; museum specimens; private collections; species history

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LYNX;

EID: 84871254019     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.9     Document Type: Review

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