The importance of museum collections in determining biodiversity patterns, using a freshwater mussel Unio caffer (Krauss 1848) as an example

Background: Two recent distributional maps of the African freshwater mussel Unio caffer (Krauss 1848) in South Africa represented an incomplete picture compared to the records held by the national museums. Objectives: This study is partly in response to them, with the aim to compare and contrast th...

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Main Authors: Bayanda Sonamzi, Musa C. Mlambo, Chris C. Appleton, Helen M. Barber-James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 2019-06-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
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Online Access:https://journals.abcjournal.aosis.co.za/index.php/abc/article/view/2400