The Avian Collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA)

Abstract. BACKGROUND: The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA) was established in 1858. It is the oldest natural history museum of Greece. The museum began its operation with the acquisition of a core collection and has been expanding ever since. One of the most substantial parts of...

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Autores principales: Papastefanou, Gabriella, Legakis, Anastasios, Shogolev, Igor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10598
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA) was established in 1858. It is the oldest natural history museum of Greece. The museum began its operation with the acquisition of a core collection and has been expanding ever since. One of the most substantial parts of the museum's collection consists of the avian exhibits, originating from around the world. NEW INFORMATION: Today, the avian collection consists of 2,948 specimens, preserved mostly through taxidermy, along with a significant number of eggs. The birds have been collected from around the world. A substantial part of the collection consists of individuals originating from Greece, Brazil, Canada and Australia. Having this valuable source of biogeographic information and a potential reserve of historical genetic diversity, ZMUA presents here the contents of the avian collection.
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spelling pubmed-51366762016-12-08 The Avian Collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA) Papastefanou, Gabriella Legakis, Anastasios Shogolev, Igor Biodivers Data J Data Paper (Biosciences) Abstract. BACKGROUND: The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA) was established in 1858. It is the oldest natural history museum of Greece. The museum began its operation with the acquisition of a core collection and has been expanding ever since. One of the most substantial parts of the museum's collection consists of the avian exhibits, originating from around the world. NEW INFORMATION: Today, the avian collection consists of 2,948 specimens, preserved mostly through taxidermy, along with a significant number of eggs. The birds have been collected from around the world. A substantial part of the collection consists of individuals originating from Greece, Brazil, Canada and Australia. Having this valuable source of biogeographic information and a potential reserve of historical genetic diversity, ZMUA presents here the contents of the avian collection. Pensoft Publishers 2016-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5136676/ /pubmed/27932927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10598 Text en Gabriella Papastefanou, Anastasios Legakis, Igor Shogolev http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr The Avian Collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA)
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title_short The Avian Collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10598
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