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| The Zoological Museum is an institute of the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, with responsibility for the graduate teaching of systematic zoology and zoogeography and at the same time is the national museum for zoology, with responsibility for some of the World's largest and most important zoological collections. 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 process of biological diversification, and it creates also 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 revisions 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 in three scientific departments: 1st Department - Vertebrates and Quaternary Zoology, 2nd Department - Invertebrates (excl. insects, myriapods and arachnids), 3rd Department - Entomology. The Museum's scientific staff members serve as supervisors for Masters (cand. scient.) and Ph.D. projects and to a limited degree 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. The permanent exhibitions were opened in 1970 and are gradually being renewed and revised |
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Last updated: 24 maj 2007