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Suggestions as to Collecting and Note-taking

Handbook on MVZ Basics

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Classic MVZ fieldnote insert about collecting and notetaking. By Alden Miller, revised from notes by Joseph Grinnell. Click on each page to enlarge. View the pdf file (can be printed to fit in notebook).