Assessing the Value of Natural History Collections and Addressing Issues Regarding Long-Term Growth and Care

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  BioScience

• Publication date

  2014-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/BIOSCI/BIU166
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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