details
- Name
- Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen
- Address
- Universitetsparken 15
- Zipcode
- DK-2100
- City
- Koebenhavn Oe
- Country
- Denmark
- Centre Website
- http://zoomus.cms.ku.dk/english/
organisation profile
The Zoological Museum is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
The Museum's central research areas are systematic zoology and zoogeography: identification, description and naming of species, interpretation of their relationships and the historical and geographical aspects of evolution. The subject area is thus basic for an understanding of the processes involved in biological diversification, and it creates the common language for all branches of biology from basic ecological research to applied research such as environmental monitoring and pest control.
The research is to a large extent based on the Museum's worldwide collections and the new material which is continuously being collected. The results can be global or regional revisions of smaller or larger systematic groups, descriptions of the fauna in different geographical areas with identification keys, or more general papers on evolutionary or biogeographical aspects of zoology.
The research is organized around three scientific departments: Vertebrates and Quaternary Zoology, Invertebrates (excl. insects, myriapods and arachnids), and Entomology. The Museum's scientific staff members serve as supervisors for MSc (cand. scient.) and PhD projects and also take part in the teaching of various, mostly advanced university courses.The Exhibition Department is responsible for the permanent and temporary exhibitions, the public education programs and the school service.
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edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1348
- Collating centre
- Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Ecology Roskilde
- Latest update
- 19 March 2008 9:43:01 AM