Plant and fungal collections: Current status, future perspectives DOI Creative Commons
Alan Paton, Alexandre Antonelli, Mark A. Carine

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Plants People Planet, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 2(5), P. 499 - 514

Published: Sept. 1, 2020

Societal Impact Statement Plant and fungal specimens provide the auditable evidence that a particular organism occurred at place, point in time, verifying past occurrence distribution. They also document aspects of human exploration culture. Collectively form global asset with significant potential for new uses to help address societal environmental challenges. Collections serve as platform engage educate broad range stakeholders from academic public, strengthening engagement understanding plant diversity—the basis life on Earth. Summary We review current state collections including herbaria fungaria, botanic gardens, culture collections, biobanks. The focuses numbers major taxonomic group species level coverage, geographical representation extent which data are digitally accessible. identify gaps these digital data. consider what collection types need be further developed support research, such DNA cryopreservation desiccation‐sensitive seeds. Around 31% vascular represented 17% known held both living showing bias toward northern temperate taxa. Only 21% preserved available via Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Asia, central north Africa Amazonia being relatively under‐represented. Supporting long‐term facilities biodiverse areas should considered by governmental international aid agencies, addition short‐term project funding. Institutions how best speed up digitization disseminate all aggregators GBIF, will greatly facilitate use, community curation improve quality. There needs greater alignment between biodiversity informatics initiatives standards allow more comprehensive analysis linkage extended information, facilitating broader use. Much can achieved coordination through existing relationships users.

Language: Английский

Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology DOI Open Access
Mark H. Sabaj

Copeia, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 108(3)

Published: Oct. 14, 2020

Assembled here is a reasonably complete list of annotated codes for historical and modern natural history collections associated with lost extant specimens fossil Recent fishes, amphibians, reptiles. A total 3,845 are anchored to about 2,064 distinct and/or institutions in 155 countries. At least 633 those exclusively paleontological or include specimens. The primarily derived from the scientific literature may serve as resource plainly citing publications linking such citations records online databases.

Language: Английский

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Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis DOI Creative Commons
J. Mason Heberling, Joseph T. Miller, Daniel Noesgaard

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 118(6)

Published: Feb. 1, 2021

Significance As anthropogenic impacts to Earth systems accelerate, biodiversity knowledge integration is urgently required support responses underpin a sustainable future. Consolidating information from disparate sources (e.g., community science programs, museums) and data types environmental, biological) can connect the biological sciences across taxonomic, disciplinary, geographical, socioeconomic boundaries. In an analysis of research uses world’s largest cross-taxon network, we report emerging roles open-access aggregation in development increasingly diverse, global research. These results indicate new landscape centered on big integration, informing ongoing initiatives strategic prioritization diverse domains, including environmental policy, evolutionary biology, conservation, human health.

Language: Английский

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Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene DOI Open Access
Emily K. Meineke, T. Jonathan Davies, Barnabas H. Daru

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 374(1763), P. 20170386 - 20170386

Published: Nov. 19, 2018

Global change has become a central focus of modern biology. Yet, our knowledge how anthropogenic drivers affect biodiversity and natural resources is limited by lack biological data spanning the Anthropocene. We propose that hundreds millions plant, fungal animal specimens deposited in history museums have potential to transform field global suggest museum are underused, particularly ecological studies, given their capacity reveal patterns not observable from other sources. Increasingly, becoming mobilized online, providing unparalleled access physiological, evolutionary decades sometimes centuries. Here, we describe diversity collections archived provide an overview diverse uses applications these as discussed accompanying collection papers within this theme issue. As under threat owing budget cuts institutional pressures, aim shed light on unique discoveries possible and, thus, singular value period rapid change. This article part issue ‘Biological for understanding Anthropocene’.

Language: Английский

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Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections DOI Open Access
Brandon P. Hedrick, J. Mason Heberling, Emily K. Meineke

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BioScience, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 70(3), P. 243 - 251

Published: Jan. 17, 2020

Abstract Natural history collections (NHCs) are the foundation of historical baselines for assessing anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity. Along these lines, online mobilization specimens via digitization—the conversion specimen data into accessible digital content—has greatly expanded use NHC across a diversity disciplines. We broaden current vision digitization (Digitization 1.0)—whereby digitized within NHCs—to include new approaches that rely products rather than physical 2.0). Digitization 2.0 builds data, workflows, and infrastructure produced by 1.0 to create digital-only workflows facilitate digitization, curation, links, thus returning value creating layers annotation, empowering global community, developing automated advance biodiversity discovery conservation. These efforts will transform large-scale assessments address fundamental questions including those pertaining critical issues change.

Language: Английский

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Designing the metaverse: A study on inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility and safety for digital immersive environments DOI
Matteo Zallio, P. John Clarkson

Telematics and Informatics, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 75, P. 101909 - 101909

Published: Nov. 2, 2022

Language: Английский

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The Extended Specimen Network: A Strategy to Enhance US Biodiversity Collections, Promote Research and Education DOI Creative Commons
James C. Lendemer, Barbara M. Thiers, Anna Monfils

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BioScience, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 70(1), P. 23 - 30

Published: Nov. 9, 2019

Language: Английский

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The value of monitoring wildlife roadkill DOI Creative Commons
Amy L. W. Schwartz, Fraser Shilling, Sarah E. Perkins

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European Journal of Wildlife Research, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 66(1)

Published: Jan. 15, 2020

Abstract The number of wildlife-vehicle collisions has an obvious value in estimating the direct effects roads on wildlife, i.e. mortality due to vehicle collisions. Given nature data—species identification and location—there is, however, much wider ecological knowledge that can be gained by monitoring wildlife roadkill. Here, we review added opportunities provided these data, through a series case studies where such data have been instrumental contributing advancement species distributions, population dynamics, animal behaviour, as well informing us about health environment. We propose consistently, systematically, extensively roadkill facilitates five critical areas study: (1) numbers, (2) trends, (3) mapping native invasive (4) (5) contaminants disease. collection also offers valuable opportunity for members public directly involved scientific research (citizen science). Through continuing monitor roadkill, expand our across wide range areas, facilitating investigations aim reduce both indirect populations.

Language: Английский

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Harmonizing taxon names in biodiversity data: A review of tools, databases and best practices DOI Creative Commons
Matthias Grenié, Emilio Berti, Juan D. Carvajal‐Quintero

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 12 - 25

Published: Jan. 18, 2022

Abstract The process of standardizing taxon names, taxonomic name harmonization, is necessary to properly merge data indexed by names. large variety databases and related tools are often not well described. It unclear which actively maintained or what the original source information. In addition, software access these developed following non‐compatible standards, creates additional challenges for users. As a result, harmonization has become major obstacle in ecological studies that seek combine multiple datasets. Here, we review categorize set publicly available as collection R packages them harmonize lists We categorized according their breadth (e.g. specific vs. multi‐taxa) spatial scope regional global), highlighting strengths caveats each type database. divided function, syntax standardization tools, online databases, etc.) highlighted overlaps among them. present our findings network linkages, tool characteristics) ready‐to‐use Shiny web application (available at: https://mgrenie.shinyapps.io/taxharmonizexplorer/ ). also provide general guidelines best practice principles harmonization. an illustrative example, harmonized names one largest community time series currently available. showed how different workflows can be used goals, weaknesses providing practical solutions avoid common pitfalls. To knowledge, opinionated represents most exhaustive evaluation links tools. Finally, based on new insights field, make recommendations users, database managers package developers alike.

Language: Английский

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Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network DOI Creative Commons
David C. Blackburn, Douglas Boyer, Jaimi A. Gray

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BioScience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 74(3), P. 169 - 186

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract The impact of preserved museum specimens is transforming and increasing by three-dimensional (3D) imaging that creates high-fidelity online digital specimens. Through examples from the openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network, we describe how created a digitization community dedicated to shared vision making 3D data available these on broad audience scientists, students, teachers, artists, more. High-fidelity models allow people multiple communities simultaneously access use scientific Based our multiyear, multi-institution project, identify significant technological social hurdles remain for fully realizing potential

Language: Английский

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Plant diversity darkspots for global collection priorities DOI Creative Commons
Ian Ondo, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Samuel Pironon

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New Phytologist, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 244(2), P. 719 - 733

Published: Aug. 16, 2024

Summary More than 15% of all vascular plant species may remain scientifically undescribed, and many the > 350 000 described have no or few geographic records documenting their distribution. Identifying understanding taxonomic knowledge shortfalls is key to prioritising future collection conservation efforts. Using extensive data for 343 523 time‐to‐event analyses, we conducted multiple tests related shortfalls, identified 33 global diversity darkspots (those ‘botanical countries’ predicted contain most undescribed not yet recorded species). We defined priority regions according several socio‐economic environmental scenarios. Most are found within biodiversity hotspots, with exception New Guinea. identify Colombia, Myanmar, Guinea, Peru, Philippines Turkey as priorities under conditions considered. Our study provides a flexible framework help accelerate documentation implementation actions. As digitisation world's herbaria progresses, soon be identifiable at finer scales.

Language: Английский

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