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Inspiring discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge. | The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life .

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles. In partnership with the Internet Archive and through local digitization efforts, the BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing nearly 100,000 titles and over 160,000 volumes.

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1971
1,132
1950
2,000
1933
2,135
1932
2,118
1931
2,414
1930
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Topics & Subjects
13,804
Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
13,223
Flowers Seeds Catalogs
10,905
Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
9,373
Natural history
9,110
Science
8,022
Botany
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united states. bureau of entomology and plant quarantine
1,088
engelmann, george,
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u.s. fish and wildlife service
684
golden gate audubon society.; audubon association of the pacific.; audubon society of the pacific.
652
muséum national d'histoire naturelle, paris auteur
569
harvard university. museum of comparative zoology
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Language
139,294
English
15,736
German
13,327
French
2,791
Latin
2,751
Spanish
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Italian
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botanicus
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Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library. Botanicus is made possible through support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, W.M. Keck Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Topic: botanicus biodiversity missouri botanical garden library
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Chinese Academy Science
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1,043
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1M
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The Chinese Academy of Science
Topic: chinese academy science
448,785 449K
Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature
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7,361
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448,785
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Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature, which is funded generously by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will significantly increase online access to biodiversity material by positioning the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) as an on-ramp for biodiversity content providers that would like to contribute to the national digital library infrastructure through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
275,750 276K
darwinslibrary
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315
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275,750
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A scholarly edition of Darwin's scientific archive.
Topic: charles darwin biodiversity heritage library missouri botanical garden
239,914 240K
Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
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239,914
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Biodiversity Heritage Library Seed & Nursery Catalogs
statement of responsibility: collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures by John Ogilby
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205,931 206K
Smithsonian Field Books
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2,762
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205,931
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This collection contains items from the Smithsonian Field Book Project, an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history.
Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
173,360 173K
1957 1957
by American Society for Microbiology; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956
texts
eye 173,360
favorite 24
comment 2
Includes bibliographies
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Bacteriology, Bacteria -- classification, Bacteriology
141,822 142K
BHL Field Notes Project
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3,521
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141,822
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The BHL Field Notes Project is a collaborative project funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). It provides open access to field notes from institutions throughout the United States. Building on the work of the Smithsonian Field Book Project, the BHL Field Notes Project aims not only to provide general access to this material, but to reunite fragmented collections through institutional collaboration. Doing so will provide a more complete picture of the expeditions,...
80,330 80K
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Library, Art & Archives
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215
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The Library, Art & Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established 160 years ago and contains one of the largest collections of material in the world relating to botany. The collections comprise 300,000 printed volumes, 5,000 journal titles and 11,000 maps. The Art and Illustrations Collection is without equal and is made up of over 200,000 items – watercolours, prints, drawings, oil paintings and photographs – by some of the finest artists working in the field of botanical...
Cornell University Library
73,172 73K
texts
eye 73,172
favorite 7
comment 1
The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Poultry
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
70,488 70K
texts
eye 70,488
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10
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Topics: Botany -- Great Britain, Wild flowers -- Great Britain Identification
Topics: Plants, Plant names, Popular
The Library of Congress
61,258 61K
1916 1916
by Korinek, Charles James, 1880- [from old catalog]
texts
eye 61,258
favorite 4
comment 1
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Topic: Cattle
University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
53,068 53K
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by Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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Previously published as: On the origin of species by means of natural selection
Topics: Evolution, Natural selection
Bibliographies interspersed
Topic: Insects
Biodiversity Heritage Library
45,411 45K
1961 1961
by Dieter, George Ellwood
texts
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favorite 19
comment 5
Includes bibliography
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Strength of materials, Physical metallurgy, Metal-work
Biodiversity Heritage Library
43,889 44K
1945 1945
by Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
texts
eye 43,889
favorite 37
comment 1
Includes bibliographical references and index
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Growth, Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
37,238 37K
1986 1986
by Piper, Robert G
texts
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favorite 7
comment 0
Includes bibliographies and index
Topic: Fish hatcheries -- Management
Biodiversity Heritage Library
35,619 36K
1948 1948
by American Society for Microbiology; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Hitchens, Arthur Parker, 1877-; Murray, Everitt George Dunne, 1890-
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eye 35,619
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Bacteriology, Schizomycetes, Bacteriologia
Biodiversity Heritage Library
33,050 33K
1902 1902
by Royal Society (Great Britain)
texts
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comment 0
Topic: Plants
Biodiversity Heritage Library
30,237 30K
1930 1930
by Snodgrass, R. E. (Robert E.), 1875-1962
texts
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favorite 66
comment 6
Insects, their way and means of living. Copy 1 (STRI) 7718. 362 p. illus.
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Topic: Insects
Biodiversity Heritage Library
28,766 29K
1923 1923
by Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946
texts
eye 28,766
favorite 38
comment 2
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Topics: Birds -- Folklore, Birds
botanicus
28,108 28K
1832 1832
by Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India)
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comment 0
Topics: Asia, India
Biodiversity Heritage Library
25,887 26K
1932 1932
by Chidester, Floyd Earle, 1884-1947
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Contains bibliographies
Topic: Zoology
25,751 26K
Pacific Northwest Horticulture
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777
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Pacific Northwest plant and garden society publications.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
24,575 25K
1957 1957
by Beveridge, W. I. B. (William Ian Beardmore), 1908-
texts
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comment 1
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Topic: Research
Biodiversity Heritage Library
24,555 25K
1947 1947
by Potter, George Edwin, 1898-
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Bibliography: p. 889-904
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Topic: Zoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
23,230 23K
1918 1918
by Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, 1849-1917; Basu, Baman Das, 1867-1930
texts
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The letters I.C.S. in title probably refer to "an able member of the Indian civil service," who assisted in the botanical description. cf. Pref., p. [v]-vi
Topics: Botany, Botany, Medical
The Library of Congress
23,108 23K
texts
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Topic: Cockfighting
Originally published in 1652 under title: The English physician
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Topics: Materia medica, Botany, Medical, Herbs
14
Topics: English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, Gaelic language -- Glossaries, vocabularies,...
OISE/UT Library
22,125 22K
1938 1938
by Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
texts
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comment 1
Latin and English on opposite pages
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Topic: Natural history
Journal move 1991
Topics: Fishes -- North America, Fishes
Biodiversity Heritage Library
21,347 21K
texts
eye 21,347
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comment 0
Topics: Stains and staining (Microscopy), Stains and Staining, Dyes
Biodiversity Heritage Library
20,958 21K
texts
eye 20,958
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comment 0
Bibliography: p. 183-188
Topics: Pteridophyta, Botany -- Morphology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
20,703 21K
1908 1908
by Strasburger, Eduard, 1844-1912; Schenck, H. (Heinrich), 1860-1927; Noll, Fritz, 1858-1908; Karsten, George, 1863-1937; Lang, W. H. (William Henry), b. 1874
texts
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"Index of literature": p. 691-715
Topic: Botany -- Textbooks
Biodiversity Heritage Library
19,809 20K
texts
eye 19,809
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Source: London, UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library
19,755 20K
1957 1957
by American Society for Microbiology. Committee on Bacteriological Technic
texts
eye 19,755
favorite 4
comment 1
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Topics: Microbiology -- Technique, Bacteriology -- Cultures and culture media
Biodiversity Heritage Library
19,167 19K
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Vols. 45, 47, 48, 50 and 52 were published as "Quarterly issue, v. 1-5, 1903-10", designed as a medium for the early publication of the results of researches and for reports of a preliminary nature; this form of publication was discontinued after v. 52
Topic: Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library
19,165 19K
1950 1950
by Maheshwari, P. (Panchanan), 1904-1966
texts
eye 19,165
favorite 2
comment 0
Includes bibliographies
Topics: Angiosperms, Botany -- Embryology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
19,135 19K
1927 1927
by Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973
texts
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comment 0
Bibliography: p. xi-xix
Topics: Soil microbiology, Microorganisms
Biodiversity Heritage Library
18,434 18K
1905 1905
by Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
texts
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favorite 2
comment 0
Suspended July 1937-Dec. 1939
Topic: Natural history
Biodiversity Heritage Library
18,350 18K
texts
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 482-495) and index
Topics: Frederick H. Rawson-Field museum ethnological expedition to West Africa, 1929-1930, Ethnology --...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
18,343 18K
1957 1957
by Harvey, E. Newton (Edmund Newton), 1887-1959
texts
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favorite 16
comment 0
Bibliography: p. 601-669
Topics: Luminescence, Phosphorescence, Fluorescence
Biodiversity Heritage Library
18,324 18K
texts
eye 18,324
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comment 0
GeoRef
Topic: Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library
18,253 18K
1918 1918
by Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, 1849-1917; Basu, Baman Das, 1867-1930
texts
eye 18,253
favorite 8
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The letters I.C.S. in title probably refer to "an able member of the Indian civil service," who assisted in the botanical description. cf. Pref., p. [v]-vi
Topics: Botany, Botany, Medical
14
Topics: Agriculture, English language, English language, Home economics, cbk
The Library of Congress
17,824 18K
texts
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comment 0
Topic: Mink farming
Biodiversity Heritage Library
17,396 17K
1962 1962
by Humason, Gretchen L
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Histology -- Technique, Stains and staining (Microscopy), Histochemistry -- Technique
Biodiversity Heritage Library
17,011 17K
1954 1954
by Mann, Thaddeus, 1908-
texts
eye 17,011
favorite 3
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Topics: Semen, Spermatozoa, Genitalia, Male, Semen
OISE/UT Library
16,943 17K
1938 1938
by Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
texts
eye 16,943
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Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Natural history
Topic: Plants
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
16,753 17K
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favorite 3
comment 0
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Topics: Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600, Education of princes, Civilization,...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,723 17K
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by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
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Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,689 17K
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by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain)
texts
eye 16,689
favorite 2
comment 0
Topics: Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain), Great Britain -- Colonies Periodicals
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,560 17K
texts
eye 16,560
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"Abbreviations and publication references" : p. 77-78
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Topics: Materia medica -- Iran, Botany, Medical, Botany -- Iran, Botany -- Iraq, Medicine -- Formulae,...
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,450 16K
1984 1984
by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
texts
eye 16,450
favorite 5
comment 0
Includes bibliographies and index
Topics: Coastal engineering, Shore protection
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,417 16K
texts
eye 16,417
favorite 1
comment 0
Bibliography: 7th prelim. page
Topics: Electronics, Physics, German language
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,180 16K
1962 1962
by Young, J. Z. (John Zachary), 1907-
texts
eye 16,180
favorite 12
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Vertebrates, Vertebrates, Fossil
Biodiversity Heritage Library
16,013 16K
texts
eye 16,013
favorite 1
comment 0
Issues for 1858- bound in 2 vols. annually, called: nouvelle période, année 1858, t. 1-
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
15,817 16K
texts
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comment 0
26 52
Topic: Agriculture -- Early works to 1800
Biodiversity Heritage Library
15,284 15K
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by Sociedad Cientfica Argentina; Congreso Cientfico Latino Americano (1st : 1898 : Buenos Aires, Argentina); Congreso Cientfico Latino Americano (1910 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)
texts
eye 15,284
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The society organized the "Congreso Cientifico Latino Americano" held in Buenos Aires in 1898, and the "Congreso Cientifico International Americano" held in the same city in 1910; the results of these congresses (organization, membership, etc., and some of the papers) were published in the Anales, v. 45, 1898, and v. 69-70, 1910
Topics: Science, Science -- Argentina
Biodiversity Heritage Library
15,249 15K
1919 1919
by Willis, J. C. (John Christopher), 1868-1958
texts
eye 15,249
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comment 0
Topic: Botany
Biodiversity Heritage Library
15,233 15K
1960 1960
by United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development; Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974
texts
eye 15,233
favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: Science and state -- United States, Research -- United States
Biodiversity Heritage Library
15,074 15K
texts
eye 15,074
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliography
Topics: Protozoa, Pathogenic, Veterinary protozoology, Medical protozoology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,951 15K
texts
eye 14,951
favorite 11
comment 0
"A short list of Leeuwenhoek's writings": p. 388-397
Topics: Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Protozoa, Bacteria, Bacteriology, Microbiology, Science
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,787 15K
1954 1954
by Kudo, Richard R. (Richard Roksabro), b. 1886
texts
eye 14,787
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comment 0
Topic: Protozoa
The Library of Congress
14,693 15K
1915 1915
by Craig, Robert Alexander, 1872-
texts
eye 14,693
favorite 2
comment 0
"Reference books": p. 328
Topic: Veterinary medicine
University of Toronto - John M. Kelly Library
14,675 15K
1922 1922
by Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941
texts
eye 14,675
favorite 11
comment 0
Topics: Metaphysics, Evolution, Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,632 15K
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by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 14,632
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,433 14K
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by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983
texts
eye 14,433
favorite 0
comment 0
Vols. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952
Topics: Biology, Zoology, Biology, Marine Biology
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,354 14K
1948 1948
by Riley, Herbert Parkes, 1904-
texts
eye 14,354
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Bibliography: p. 545-569
Topic: Cytogenetics
Topic: Livestock brands
Biodiversity Heritage Library
14,121 14K
1964 1964
by Little, Elbert Luther, 1907-; Wadsworth, Frank H. (Frank Howard)
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Bibliography: p. 18
Topics: Trees -- Puerto Rico, Trees -- Virgin Islands of the United States
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Inspiring discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge. | The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life .

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles. In partnership with the Internet Archive and through local digitization efforts, the BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing nearly 100,000 titles and over 160,000 volumes.
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