Management of Mammal Collection in Tropical Environment
pp 1 - 654 | December 1988
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Foreword
Preface
Scope of the Workshop
—Philosophy and Ethics of Museum Collection Management
—Collection Methods for Small Mammals
—Collection Methods for Bats
—The Preservation of Bat Specimens
—;Collection Methods for Medium-Sized Mammals
—Field Preparation Techniques, Small Mammals
—Field Preparation Techniques, Medium and Large-Sized Mammals
—Skeletal Preparation Techniques
—Skeletal Preparation Techniques
—Mounting and Display of Mammals
—Biodeterioration of Mammal Collections in Museums
—Improtance of Porper Labelling of Mammalian Specimens
—;Accessioning and Cataloguing
—Accessioning and Registration
—Storage, Organisation, and Utilisation of Specimens in Mammal Research Collections
—Collection-Storage and Organisation with Special Reference to the Zoological Survey of India
—Field Fixation and Storage of Fluid Preserved Specimens for Museum Collections
—Preparation and Storage of Fluid-Preserved Specimens
—Storage Equipment and Supplies for Collections of Mammals
—Storage Equipment and Supplies
—Mammal Collections in India : History, Problems and Prospects
—Problems in Establishing and Maintaining a New Collection of Mammals
—Starting a New Mammal Collection
—Problems of Maintaining a Large Collection of Mammals in a Developing Nation : National Museum of Zimbabwe
—Techniques Used in the Thai National Reference Collections of Mammals
—Capture of Mammals by Traps for Study Purpose
—;Maintenance Problems in Old Historically Significant Collections : Zoological Survey of India
—Maintenance Problems in Old, Historically Significant Collections of Mammals : Zoological Reference Collections of the National University of Singapore
—;The Need for Popular Natural History Publications Concerning Mammals
—Advances in Systematic Mammalogy
—Conservation Considerations in Recent Mammal Collections
—Study of Pellets, Foot-Prints and Pug-Marks
—Considerations for the Development, Utilisation and Care of Collections of Bacula and Phalli
—Non-pest Management Problems in Mammal Collections in Tropical Environment
—Pest Control Management for Mammal Collections
—;General Considerations in Computerisation of Collection Data
—Application of Documentation Standards and Automatic Data Processing in Recent Mammal Collections
—Arms, Ammunition and Animals—Their Relationship
—Personnel Policies in India (ZSI) in Management of Zoological Collections
—Use of Staff and Administrative Hierarchies : USA
—The Value of Recent Mammal Collections
—Resolutions and Recommendations