Greve, Michelle, Lykke, Anne M., Marchant, Robert orcid.org/0000-0001-5013-4056 et al. (7 more authors) (2016) Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology. South African Journal of Botany. pp. 317-323.
Abstract
One of the major challenges in ecosystem conservation is obtaining baseline data, particularly for regions that have been poorly inventoried, such as regions of the African continent. Here we use a database of African herbarium records and examples from the literature to show that, although herbarium records have traditionally been collected to build botanical reference "libraries" for taxonomic and inventory purposes, they provide valuable and useful information regarding species, their distribution in time and space, their traits, phenological characteristics, associated species and their physical environment. These data have the potential to provide invaluable information to feed into evidence-based conservation decisions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Biological collections,Database,Historical records,Label information,Long-term data collection,Trait |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2017 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2025 00:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.03.017 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.sajb.2016.03.017 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115016 |
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