Book review: The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. The Natural History Museum of Chulalongkorn University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkron University, Bangkok, Thailand. ISSN 1513-9700

1 Pages·2001·0.06 MB·English

by  Yeo, D J C

THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2001 49(2): 379-384
©National UniversityofSingapore
BOOK REVIEW
The Natural History karyologicalandallozymicstudies),andhistologicalstudies,
Journal of while synopses and species checklists are published under
Chulalongkorn "Reviews". Studysubjectsinthisfirstissueincludeinsects,
University. TheNatural molluscs, herptiles and fishes, mostly from Thailand.
History Museum of
Chulalongkorn For now, the journal appears to primarily focus on
University, Department biodiversity-relatedstudiesinThailand,whichisveryuseful
of Biology, Faculty of indeed, consideringthe significantamountofsuchresearch
Science, Chulalongkorn beingconductedthere. However,thisscopecanandprobably
University, Bangkok, willexpandtoincludetherestofIndochina,thusaddressing
Thailand. ISSN 1513 theneedforwiderdisseminationoftheresultsofbiodiversity
9700. studiesconductedinneighbouringIndochinesecountries,and
perhaps even from southern China. Coupled with the
This new journal is the forthcomingadditionofmorescientiststoitseditorialboard,
official publication of andthesettingupofitsownwebsite(S.Panha,pers.comm.),
the Natural History the journal will surely grow in importance and stature.
MuseumofChulalongkorn University, Bangkok,Thailand.
Itboastsastrongeditorialboardconsistingofmembersfrom Annual cost ofoverseas membership and subscription are
Chulalongkorn and Mahidol Universities, and National US$30 (individual), US$20 (student) or US$40 (institute).
ScienceMuseuminThailand,aswellasoverseasinstitutions Requestsforapplicationforms orauthorinstructionscanbe
such as Field Museum of Natural History, University of sent to: "The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn
Michigan (both USA), National University of Singapore University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,
(Singapore), and Universityofthe Rykyus (Japan), mostof ChulalongkornUniversity, Bangkok 10330,THAILAND";
whom have been actively researching and publishing on Tel. +[phone]-9; Fax. +[phone].
variousaspectsofnaturalhistoryinThailandformanyyears.
The Editor is Somsak Panha ([email protected]) of
the Chulalongkorn University. Darren C. J. Yeo
Raffles Museum ofBiodiversity Research
The inaugural issue (August2001, volume 1, number 1) of Department ofBiological Sciences
this biannualpublicationfeatures 11 papers dividedamong The National University of Singapore
three sections: "Original Articles", "Reviews" and "Short Blk S6, Science Drive 2
Notes". "Original Articles"coverstaxonomyanddiversity Singapore 117600, Republic ofSingapore
(e.g. newspeciesdescriptions; newrecords; morphological,
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