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Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’

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Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. / Schilthuizen, Menno; Vairappan, Charles S.; Slade, Eleanor M. et al.
In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 30, No. 5, 05.2015, p. 237-238.

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Schilthuizen, M, Vairappan, CS, Slade, EM, Mann, DJ & Miller, JA 2015, 'Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 237-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.002

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Schilthuizen, M., Vairappan, C. S., Slade, E. M., Mann, D. J., & Miller, J. A. (2015). Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30(5), 237-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.002

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Schilthuizen M, Vairappan CS, Slade EM, Mann DJ, Miller JA. Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2015 May;30(5):237-238. Epub 2015 Mar 23. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.002

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Schilthuizen, Menno ; Vairappan, Charles S. ; Slade, Eleanor M. et al. / Specimens as primary data : museums and ‘open science’. In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2015 ; Vol. 30, No. 5. pp. 237-238.

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