The Extended Specimen Network: A Strategy to Enhance US Biodiversity Collections, Promote Research and Education

Affiliations

• ¹ New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
• ² Biodiversity Collections Network Advisory Committee.
• ³ Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
• ⁴ Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• ⁵ La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California.
• ⁶ University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas.
• ⁷ National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, Colorado.
• ⁸ Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.
• ⁹ Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
• ¹⁰ Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, Texas.
• ¹¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• ¹² University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.
• ¹³ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• ¹⁴ American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC.
• ¹⁵ Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
• ¹⁶ Merriam-Powell Center, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
• ¹⁷ Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• ¹⁸ Purdue University Herbaria, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.