title: Museums, collections and biodiversity inventories.
abstract: Natural history museums area at a turning point in their history. To play a central role in research on biodiversity, they must change their mode of operation and public image. Collections have grown in a haphazard manner, depending on the interests and preferences of successive curators. There is an urgent need to create international networks and standard practices among museums, to meet the challenge of the biodiversity crisis.
authors.affiliation: Pere Alberch is at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), 28006 -Madrid, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Alberch