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Tridacna maxima ‘Rediscovered’ in the Eastern Indian Ocean
DiversityGiant clams are ecologically important coral reef animals, with many species facing imminent local extinction. While many regions have undertaken recent assessments of their biodiversity assets, persistent gaps remain even in otherwise well-surveyed ...
Lisa Kirkendale +2 more
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Our Endangered Heritage Exhibition General Guidelines [PDF]
, 2014 OklahomaThe inspiration for the traveling exhibit came about after seeing the Illinois traveling exhibit. Oklahoma modified its panels to appeal to a public audience, as one of its goals is to engage the public in supporting collections care.Traveling ...
Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
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Eesti muuseumide meditsiinilooliste kogude ja esemete väljaselgitamine [PDF]
, 2014 Mapping of the Collections of History of Medicinein Estonian MuseumsLeili Kriis, Sirje SisaskUniversity of Tartu MuseumThe work plan of the University of Tartu Museum for the followingyears includes creating a new exposition for the university’s Old ...
Kriis, Leili, Sisask, Sirje
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TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY WITH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Teaching Anthropology, 2020 Material culture provides powerful teaching opportunities for core anthropological themes and issues. Based on experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, teh authors provide examples and a framework for a class exercise which supports students to learn from objects and to think anthropologically about them.
Peers, L, Vitelli, G
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Heritage Science, 2020 Among the thirty-six paintings ascribed to the Dutch seventeenth century artist Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), Mistress and Maid, in The Frick Collection, stands out for the large-scale figures set against a rather plain background depicting a barely ...
Dorothy Mahon +5 more
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, 1996 Plant nursery at CDRS. Tortoises from Cerro Paloma, Isabela Threatened. Goats damage Volcán Alcedo, Isabela. Collections at the CDRS Museum. Goats on Pinta again? Is there a Guadalupe River in Galápagos? Eastern kingbird sighting.
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Water Striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae) of Arkansas [PDF]
, 1980 The taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the water striders of Arkansas are discussed based on personal collections, museum specimens, and literature records. A total of 15 species representing six genera is presently known from the state.
Kittle, Paul D.
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Politics at the museum: the appearances of museum Sonobudoyo and monumen Yogya Kembali, Yogyakarta [PDF]
, 2011 Museum was a man-made thing, a culture. This situation made the museum polluted with many tension, especially for the museum founded or managed by the government.
Sektiadi, Sektiadi
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Rethinking asexuality: the enigmatic case of functional sexual genes in Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae)
BMC GenomicsBackground The ubiquity of sex across eukaryotes, given its high costs, strongly suggests it is evolutionarily advantageous. Asexual lineages can avoid, for example, the risks and energetic costs of recombination, but suffer short-term reductions in ...
Meredith M. Doellman +4 more
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Zoo Store 1 at the Natural History Museum: Meeting National Standards [PDF]
, 2007 The Natural History Museum (NHM), London is at the forefront of natural history science, and a major player in developing standards for the care of these collections in museums. Around ten years ago, there was a great deal of activity developing policies
Carnall, M
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