Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Vol. 123A, 2003
Why Museums Matter: Avian Archives in an Age of Extinction
Edited by Nigel J Collar, Clemency T Fisher & Chris J Feare
ISSN 0007-1595
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| EDITORS’ COMMENTARY AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION | 5 | |
| HAFFER, J. | Avian zoogeography, speciation and the museum tradition | 7 |
| OLSON, STORRS L. | Development and Uses of Avian Skeleton Collections | 26 |
| LIVEZEY, BRADLEY C. | Avian Spirit Collections: Attitudes, Importance and Prospects | 35 |
| CHRISTIDIS, L. & NORMAN, J.A. | DNA and the museum tradition | 42 |
| RAJKOWSKI, K.M. | DNA and protein sequence databanks: some caveats | 65 |
| RASMUSSEN, P.C. & PRYS-JONES, R.P. | History vs mystery: the reliability of museum specimen data | 66 |
| COLLAR, N.J. & RUDYANTO | The Archive and the Ark: Bird Specimen Data in Conservation Status Assessment | 95 |
| ALSTROM, P. & RANFT, R. | The use of sounds in avian systematics and the importance of bird sound archives | 114 |
| FISHER, C.T. & WARR, F.E. | Museums on paper: library & manuscript resources | 136 |
| GREEN, RHYS E. & SCHARLEMANN, FÖRN P.W. | Egg and Skin Collections as a Resource for Long-Term Ecological Studies | 165 |
| KITCHENER, A.C. & MCGOWAN, R.Y. | Sudden large samples: opportunities and problems | 177 |
| PETERSON, A.T., VIEGLAIS, D.A., NAVARRO, A.G., S., & SILVA, M. | A Global Distributed Biodiversity Information Network: Building the World Museum | 186 |
| CHEKE, A.S. | Treasure Island—the rise and decline of a small tropical museum, the Mauritius Institute | 197 |
| NAVARRO, A.G., S., PETERSON, A.T. & GORDILLO-MARTÍNEZ, A. | Museums working together: the atlas of the birds of Mexico | 207 |
| HROMADA, M., KUCZYNSKI, L., SKORACKI, M., ANTCZAK, M. & TRYJANOWSKI, P. | The value of the bird collections and associated data in regional museums: Lanius excubitor specimens in Šarišské Museum, Bardejov, Slovakia | 226 |
| BOEV, Z. | Specimens of extinct and threatened birds in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofía, Bulgaria | 234 |
| RICHFORD, A.S. | Museums, books and costs: public service vs private enterprise | 246 |
| WOODCOCK, M. | Some reflections on the use of skins in bird illustration | 249 |
| ROSELAAR, C.S. | An Inventory of Major European Bird Collections | 253 |
| ADAMS, M.P., COOPER, J.H. & COLLAR, N.J. | Extinct and Endangered (‘E&E’) Birds: A Proposed List for Collection Catalogues | 338 |
| COOPER, JOANNE H. & STEINHEIMER, FRANK D. | Why Museums Matter: Reporte From the Workshops 14-15 November 1999 ‘Increased Cooperation Between Bird Collections’ | 355 |