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Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx +6 more
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Sustaining Collection Value: Managing Collection/Item Metadata Relationships [PDF]
Many aspects of managing collection/item metadata relationships are critical to sustaining collection value over time. Metadata at the collection-level not only provides context for finding, understanding, and using the items in the collection, but is ...
Dubin, David +4 more
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Abstract The baphetoids represent a clade of the Carboniferous stem‐tetrapods (Middle Mississippian—Middle Pennsylvanian) with a characteristic extension of the orbits into antorbital vacuities, which formed keyhole‐shaped openings on the skull. The more derived baphetids were crocodile‐like piscivores frequently occurring in coal‐bearing lacustrine ...
Pavel Barták, Martin Ivanov, Boris Ekrt
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Late Bronze Age Arrowheads from Transdanubia and Beyond
The study provides a synthesis of Late Bronze Age arrowheads discovered in Transdanubia, western Hungary, supplemented by a selection of arrowheads and a harpoon head from the collection of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest.
János Gábor Tarbay
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The distribution and habitat of Pocadicnemis pumila and P. juncea (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Sweden [PDF]
Two species of the genus Pocadicnemis (Araneae, Linyphiidae), P. pumila (Blackwall) and P. juncea (Locket & Millidge) have been reported from Scandinavia. In order to find out the distribution and differences in the habitat, all specimens of Pocadicnemis
Jonsson, Lars J.
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Abstract Dicynodonts (Anomodontia: Dicynodontia) were one of the main groups of terrestrial tetrapods in Permian and Triassic faunas. In Brazil, the genus Dinodontosaurus is one of the most common tetrapod taxon in the Triassic Santa Maria Supersequence. This genus has a complex taxonomic history and is represented in the Triassic of both Argentina and
Julia Lara Rodrigues de Souza +5 more
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The Development of a Methodology to Understand Climate-induced Damage in Decorated Oak Wood Panels [PDF]
Climate-induced damage in decorated oak wood panels is considered to be a high risk for pre-eminent museum collections. To advise museums on the development of sustainable future preservation strategies and rational guidelines for indoor climate ...
Ankersmit, H.A. +8 more
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The rites of man: The British Museum and the sexual imagination in Victorian Britain [PDF]
In the nineteenth century, the British Museum possessed a locked store of erotic objects. However, this did not serve to sanitize the rest of the collection.
Janes, Dominic
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Broadening the semiaquatic scene: Quantification of long bone microanatomy across pinnipeds
Abstract Investigations of bone microanatomy are commonly used to explore lifestyle strategies in vertebrates. While distinct microanatomical limb bone features have been established for exclusively aquatic and terrestrial lifestyles, identifying clear patterns for the semiaquatic lifestyle remains more challenging.
Apolline Alfsen +10 more
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Checklist of the apoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea excluding Anthophila) of Canada, Alaska and Greenland [PDF]
The present checklist is the product of a critical taxonomic review of the Canadian/Alaskan fauna during the previous two decades. As of December 2024, 531 described species in 84 genera of apoid wasps (Ammoplanidae, Ampulicidae, Astatidae, Bembicidae ...
Matthias Buck, Andrew M. R. Bennett
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