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Locating specimens of extinct tiger (Panthera tigris) subspecies: Javan tiger (P.t. sondaica), Balinese tiger (P.t. balica), and Caspian tiger (P.t. virgata), including previously unpublished specimens
Recent advances in multivariate statistics, and in ancient DNA techniques, have greatly increased understanding of tiger phylogeography. However, regardless of advances in analytical methodology, researchers will continue to need access to specimens for morphological measurements and sampling for genetic analysis. The tiger has become increasingly endangered, and out of the...Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ; Driscoll, Carlos A ; Werdelin, Lars ; Abramov, Alexei V ; Csorba, Gabor …
museum, Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Central Asia, and conservation
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The genetic legacy of the 19th-century decline of the British polecat: evidence for extensive introgression from feral ferrets
In the 19th century, the British polecat suffered a demographic contraction, as a consequence of direct persecution, reaching its lowest population in the years that preceded the First World War. The polecat is now recovering and expanding throughout Britain, but introgressive hybridization with feral ferrets has been reported, which could...Costa, M ; Fernandes, C ; Birks, J D S ; Kitchener, Andrew C ; Santos-Ries, M …
microsatellites, European polecat, Britain, hybridization, Mustela furo, and Mustela putorius
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Rethinking the oldest surviving amber in the West
Discusses how the production of sculpture in amber began earlier than was previously assumedKing, Rachel
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Pharaoh: King of Egypt - a retrospective
Maitland, Margaret
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Finding the Divine Falernian: Amber in Early Modern Italy
This paper explores both the finding of raw amber, and the creation of sculptural works in this venerated material, in Italy, from the late-16th to the 18th centuries. Using new archival and archaeological evidence, it offers new interpretation and context for a number of amber objects in the V&A’s collection.King, Rachel
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Exhibiting Livingstone: A life and legacy on display
The paper combines a biographical and a geographical perspective to construct an auto-critique of a commemorative exhibition as a museological event. Taking as its primary focus the bicentenary exhibition staged in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh in 2012–2013, it situates an autobiographical exploration of the process of collaboration...Worden, Sarah ; Swinney, Geoffrey N
Malawi, Scotland, curation, museology, commemoration, and visitor experience
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Sehr geschaetzte Werke der Manuellen Kunst’ ‘Objekte aus Bernstein im 16. und 17
IN PREUSSEN NEHMLICH im Fürstenthumb Samland am Meere seind hohe weiße Berge von reinem Sande auff diesen stehen gemeiniglich Eiche auch Fichtenbäume. In dem Sande fi ndet man eine Materia, die ist weich wie ein Teich den man formiren kan in den Ofen zu stoßen Brod zu backen. …. So...King, Rachel
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Palaeontological site conservation and the professional collector
Professional (i.e. commercial) fossil collectors can and do use sites responsibly. They benefit palaeontology by finding new fossils. Control of this collecting is counterproductive on eroding coasts and new exposures opened up by such collectors. Irresponsible professional collectors are not a major cause of damage compared to other collectors, quarry...Taylor, Michael A
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Palaeontological site conservation and the law in Britain
The legal situation regarding palaeontological site conservation in Britain is unclear. There is no modern review of the law. Five main areas of concern are identified. Most exsisting laws do not specifically consider the needs of palaeontological conservation. Legislation empowers the Nature Conservancy Council upon policy decisions. The NCC is...Taylor, Michael A ; Harte, J D C