Specimen collection: an essential tool

L A. Rocha, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. LRocha@calacademy.org.
A Aleixo, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, 66040-170, Brazil.
G Allen, Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA, 6986, Australia.
F Almeda, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
C C. Baldwin, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
M V. Barclay, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
J M. Bates, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
A M. Bauer, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
F Benzoni, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, 20126, Italy.
C M. Berns, Utica College, Utica, NY 13502, USA.
M L. Berumen, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia.
D C. Blackburn, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
S Blum, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
F Bolaños, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica.
R C. Bowie, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3161, USA.
R Britz, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
R M. Brown, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
C D. Cadena, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 4976, Colombia.
K Carpenter, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
L M. Ceríaco, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, 7005-638, Portugal.
P Chakrabarty, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
G Chaves, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica.
J H. Choat, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia.
K D. Clements, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
B B. Collette, NOAA Systematics Laboratory, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
A Collins, NOAA Systematics Laboratory, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
J Coyne, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
J Cracraft, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.
T Daniel, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
M R. de Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.
K de Queiroz, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
F Di Dario, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, RJ, 27965-045, Brazil.
R Drewes, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

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