title: Valuing collections.
authors.affiliation: W. John Kress is the Interim Under Secretary for Science at the Smithsonian Institution and Distinguished Scientist and Curator of Botany at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. kressj@si.edu.
authors.forename: W John
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kress
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D001717:Birds / Q000235:genetics; D056727:Endangered Species; D053476:Extinction, Biological; D009144:Museums; D011157:Population Dynamics