Tissue Collections Policies
The following bird collections have tissue policies online (data from Avian Tissue Collection Survey). Policies may also address destructive sampling of bird specimens (e.g., skins). Separate links are provided for the institution and its tissue policy.
US Institutions
- AMNH - http://research.amnh.org/ornithology/collections.htm#tissue
- BURKE -http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/genetic/tissue.php
- FMNH -http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/zoology/divisions_birds_sampling.htm
- LSU - http://appl024.lsu.edu/natsci/collections/natscicolsearch.nsf/$CollectionsById/1030/$File/Tissgrant+policy.doc
- MVZ - http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Tissue_Grants.html and http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Destructive_Sampling.html
- MSB - http://www.msb.unm.edu/dgr/policy.html
- NMMNH - NMMNH_DestructiveSamplingPolicy.pdf
- UAM - http://www.uaf.edu/museum/bird/destsampling.html
- UMMZ - http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/genmat.html