A Brief History of the Changing Occupations and Demographics of Coleopterists from the 18th Through the 20th Century

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-242

  Elias, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amateurs; Demographics; History of entomology; Occupations; Professionals

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84899433494     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-013-9365-9     Document Type: Article

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