The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) was "an international,
non-profit organization
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of institutions that maintain biological collections." Founded in 1972, it was eventually subsumed by the
Natural Science Collections Alliance.
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SIA RU007459, Association of Systematics Collections, Records, circa 1972-1988 While active, this society held annual meetings, published a bimonthly newsletter, and published numerous reports on
natural history
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...
collections and
database
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management.
References
International scientific organizations
Organizations established in 1972
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