[NHCOLL-L:5157] FW: [AVECOL-L] paper on importance of museum specimens and biodiversity

[Shelton, Sally Y.]

Forwarded from AVECOL-L.

Sally Y. Shelton, Interim Director
Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research laboratory
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 E. St. Joseph
Rapid City, SD   57701
phone 605.394.2487
email Sally.Shelton at sdsmt.edu<mailto:Sally.Shelton at sdsmt.edu>


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From: Bulletin Board for Bird Collections and Curators [AVECOL-L at LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of James Remsen [najames at LSU.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 13:18
To: AVECOL-L at LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [AVECOL-L] paper on importance of museum specimens and biodiversity

AVECOL:  interesting paper forwarded to me by Dr. Curt Burney on importance of museum records and biodiversity (using Galliformes):

http://hubs.plos.org/web/biodiversity/article/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000385

"Distorted Views of Biodiversity: Spatial and Temporal Bias in Species Occurrence Data"

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Dr. J. V. Remsen
Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds
Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences
LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
najames<at>LSU.edu

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