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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZanderII" data-source="post: 1583522" data-attributes="member: 54328">There has been some scholarly debate on this:Baker, R. J. 1994. Some thoughts on conservation, biodiversity, museums, molecular characters, systematics, and basic research. Journal of Mammalogy 75:277-287. Barlow, J. C. and N. J. Flood. 1983. Research collections in ornithology-a reaffirmation. Pp 37-54 in A. H. Brush and G. A. Clark, Jr. (eds.), Perspectives in Ornithology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. Clancey, P. A. 1966. Some observations on collecting and the use of new techniques in systematic ornithology. South African Museums Association Bulletin 8:297-300. Collar, N. et al. (eds.). 2003. Why museums matter: Avian archives in an age of extinction. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123A (supplement, 360pp, 21 contributed papers - see <a href="http://www.boc-online.org/bulletin.htm#bul" target="_blank">http://www.boc-online.org/bulletin.htm#bul</a>). Also see review in Wilson Bulletin 116:363-369 (2004). Davis, P. 1996. Museums, biodiversity and systematics. Pp. 128-145 in P. Davis (ed.), Museums and the Natural Environment, Leicester University Press, London. de L Brooke, M. 1999. Why museums matter. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:136-137. Diamond, J. M. 1987. Justifiable killing of birds? Nature 330:423. Easterla, D. A. 1967. Values of collecting birds for scientific specimens. Bluebird 34:10-12. Emery, A. R. 1993. Collections of biotic diversity: relevance to modern problems. Pp. 59-68 in F. Palacios, C. Mart�nez and B. Thomas (eds.), International symposium and first world congress on the preservation and conservation of natural history collections, Congress Book, Vol. 1, Direcci�n General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid. Fitzpatrick, J. W. 1985. The role of scientific collections in ecological morphology, pp. 195-208 in E. H. Miller (ed.), Museum Collections: Their Roles and Future in Biological Research, British Columbia Provincial Museum [Occas. Pap. no. 25], Vancouver. Fjeldsa, J. 1987. Museum collections of birds-relevance and strategies for the future. Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothoburgensis, Zoologica 14:223-228. Foster, M. S. 1982. The research natural history museum: pertinent or passe? The Biologist 64:1-12. Goodman, S. M. and S. M. Lanyon. 1994. Scientific collecting. Conservation Biology 8:314-315. Grinnell, J. 1910. The methods and uses of a research museum. The Popular Science Monthly 77:163-169. Grinnell, J. 1915. Conserve the collector. Science 41:229-232. Grinnell, J. 1922. The Museum conscience. Museum Works 4:62-63. Keast, A. 1973. The role of the museum in ornithology. Emu 73:242-247. Knell, S. J. (ed.). 1999. Museums and the Future of Collecting. Aldershot/Ashgate, Brookfield, Vermont. Mayr, E. 1973. Museums as biological laboratories. Breviora (Museum of Comparative Zoology), No. 416:1-7. Mayr, E. and R. Goodwin. . Biological Materials, Part I: Preserved Materials and Museum Collections. Biology Council, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Publication No. 399. Miller, E. H. (ed.). 1985. Museum Collections: Their Roles and Future in Biological Research. British Columbia Provincial Museum, Vancouver. Mueller, U. G., et al. 1994. The role of museums. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:64. Phillips, A. R. 1974. The need for education and collecting. Bird-Banding 45:24-28. Remsen, J. V., Jr. McGeehan, A. 1993. Two views on collecting vagrants (point/counterpoint). Birding (Apr):129-132. Remsen, J. V., Jr. 1995. The importance of continued collecting of bird specimens to ornithology and bird conservation. Bird Conservation International 5:145-180. Remsen, J. V., Jr. 1997. Museum specimens: science, conservation and morality. Bird Conservation International 7:363-366. Thomson, K. S. 1998. Museums: dilemmas and paradoxes. American Scientist 86:520-522. Suarez, A. V. and N. D. Tsutsui. 2004. The value of museum collections for research and society. Bioscience 54:66-74. Winker, K., et al. 1991. The importance of avian collections and the need for continued collecting. Loon 63:238-246. Winker, K. 1996. The crumbling infrastructure of biodiversity: the avian example. Conservation Biology 10:703-707. Winker, K. 1997. Letter in response to C. V. Grant, The role of taxonomy and systematics. Conservation Biology 11:595-596. Winker, K. 2004. Natural history museums in a postbiodiversity era. Bioscience 54:455-459. Winker, K. 2005. Bird Collections: Development and use of a scientific resource. Auk 122:966-971. Zusi, R. L. 1969. The role of museum collections in ornithological research. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82:651-661.</blockquote>

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