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Summary subject collecting information (definitions of the ALG collecting levels are available for reference):


Biological sciences [Study - Basic]
- Biology (general) [Study - Basic]
- Tissue, cellular and molecular biology [Study - Basic]
- Descriptive and comparative biology [Study - Basic]
- Ecology [Study - Basic]
- Organisms in specific localities [Study - Basic]
- Evolution and genetics [Study - Basic]
- Microbiology, microscopy, bacteria [Study - Basic]
- Botany (general) [Study - Basic]
- Seed-bearing plants (Spermatophyta) [Study - Basic]
- Other plants [Study - Basic]
- Zoology (general) [Study - Basic]
- Invertebrates [Study - Basic]
- Vertebrates [Study - Basic]

    Comments: collection of 6,000 volumes of periodicals and 600 monographic works on entomology from the library of Elwood C. Zimmerman, an authority on weevils and Pacific insects, provides some historic depth to the collection. Part of this collection is on long term loan to CSIRO Black Mountain.

Highlights of the collection:

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