Problems in the Institutionalization of Tropical Biology: The Case of Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory

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Summary

Discusses plans for and founding of the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory as a consortium of universities and research institutes interested in the flora and fauna of tropics, c. 1920-1950.

Subject

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Vol. 12 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1990

Topic

  • Rain forest ecology
  • Field Work
  • Biology
  • Barro Colorado Island Biological Laboratory

Place

  • Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
  • Panama
  • Barro Colorado Island (Panama)

Physical description

pp. 225-247

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