Pursuing pademelon provenance: a pilot study using portable XRF to trace field-collection of museum mammal specimens

Pursuing pademelon provenance: a pilot study using portable XRF to trace field-collection of museum mammal specimens

Abstract Internationally, the value and usefulness of museum zoological specimens are compromised when supporting contextual data are lost or disconnected from the specimen. In this pilot study, twelve Macropodidae Thylogale (pademelon) skins with known provenance from the Australian Museum (Sydney)...

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Main Authors: Celia Cramer, Elizabeth A. Carter, Brad Swarbrick, Jude Philp, Peter A. Lay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-07-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Natural history museum
Portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Provenance
Zoological specimens
Taxidermy
Principal component analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00998-1

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