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Digitization Protocol For Scoring Reproductive Phenology From Herbarium Specimens Of Seed Plants
Title
Digitization Protocol For Scoring Reproductive Phenology From Herbarium Specimens Of Seed Plants.
Creator
Yost, Jennifer M., Sweeney, Patrick W., Gilbert, Ed, Nelson, Gil, Guralnick, Robert, Gallinat, Amanda S., Ellwood, Elizabeth R., Rossington, Natalie, Willis, Charles G., Blum,...
Show moreYost, Jennifer M., Sweeney, Patrick W., Gilbert, Ed, Nelson, Gil, Guralnick, Robert, Gallinat, Amanda S., Ellwood, Elizabeth R., Rossington, Natalie, Willis, Charles G., Blum, Stanley D., Walls, Ramona L., Haston, Elspeth M., Denslow, Michael W., Zohner, Constantin M., Morris, Ashley B., Stucky, Brian J., Carter, J. Richard, Baxter, David G., Bolmgren, Kjell, Denny, Ellen G., Dean, Ellen, Pearson, Katelin D., Davis, Charles C., Mishler, Brent D., Soltis, Pamela S., Mazer, Susan J.
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Abstract/Description
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Herbarium specimens provide a robust record of historical plant phenology (the timing of seasonal events such as flowering or fruiting). However, the difficulty of aggregating phenological data from specimens arises from a lack of standardized scoring methods and definitions for phenological states across the collections community. METHODS AND RESULTS: To address this problem, we report on a consensus reached by an iDigBio working group of curators, researchers, and data...
Show morePREMISE OF THE STUDY: Herbarium specimens provide a robust record of historical plant phenology (the timing of seasonal events such as flowering or fruiting). However, the difficulty of aggregating phenological data from specimens arises from a lack of standardized scoring methods and definitions for phenological states across the collections community. METHODS AND RESULTS: To address this problem, we report on a consensus reached by an iDigBio working group of curators, researchers, and data standards experts regarding an efficient scoring protocol and a data-sharing protocol for reproductive traits available from herbarium specimens of seed plants. The phenological data sets generated can be shared via Darwin Core Archives using the Extended MeasurementOrFact extension. CONCLUSIONS: Our hope is that curators and others interested in collecting phenological trait data from specimens will use the recommendations presented here in current and future scoring efforts. New tools for scoring specimens are reviewed.
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Date Issued
2018-02
Identifier
FSU_libsubv1_wos_000427460700002, 10.1002/aps3.1022
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Green Digitization
Title
Green Digitization: Online Botanical Collections Data Answering Real-world Questions.
Creator
Soltis, Pamela S., Nelson, Gil, James, Shelley A.
Date Issued
2018-02
Identifier
FSU_libsubv1_wos_000427460700008, 10.1002/aps3.1028
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Herbarium Data
Title
Herbarium Data: Global Biodiversity And Societal Botanical Needs For Novel Research.
Creator
James, Shelley A., Soltis, Pamela S., Belbin, Lee, Chapman, Arthur D., Nelson, Gil, Paul, Deborah L., Collins, Matthew
Abstract/Description
Building on centuries of research based on herbarium specimens gathered through time and around the globe, a new era of discovery, synthesis, and prediction using digitized collections data has begun. This paper provides an overview of how aggregated, open access botanical and associated biological, environmental, and ecological data sets, from genes to the ecosystem, can be used to document the impacts of global change on communities, organisms, and society; predict future impacts; and help...
Show moreBuilding on centuries of research based on herbarium specimens gathered through time and around the globe, a new era of discovery, synthesis, and prediction using digitized collections data has begun. This paper provides an overview of how aggregated, open access botanical and associated biological, environmental, and ecological data sets, from genes to the ecosystem, can be used to document the impacts of global change on communities, organisms, and society; predict future impacts; and help to drive the remediation of change. Advocacy for botanical collections and their expansion is needed, including ongoing digitization and online publishing. The addition of non-traditional digitized data fields, user annotation capability, and born-digital field data collection enables the rapid access of rich, digitally available data sets for research, education, informed decision-making, and other scholarly and creative activities. Researchers are receiving enormous benefits from data aggregators including the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), but effective collaboration around data infrastructures is needed when working with large and disparate data sets. Tools for data discovery, visualization, analysis, and skills training are increasingly important for inspiring novel research that improves the intrinsic value of physical and digital botanical collections.
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Date Issued
2018-02
Identifier
FSU_libsubv1_wos_000427460700004, 10.1002/aps3.1024
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Use Of Globally Unique Identifiers (guids) To Link Herbarium Specimen Records To Physical Specimens
Title
Use Of Globally Unique Identifiers (guids) To Link Herbarium Specimen Records To Physical Specimens.
Creator
Nelson, Gil, Sweeney, Patrick, Gilbert, Edward
Abstract/Description
With the advent of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program and related worldwide digitization initiatives, the rate of herbarium specimen digitization in the United States has expanded exponentially. As the number of electronic herbarium records proliferates, the importance of linking these records to the physical specimens they represent as well as to related records from other sources will intensify. Although a rich and diverse...
Show moreWith the advent of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program and related worldwide digitization initiatives, the rate of herbarium specimen digitization in the United States has expanded exponentially. As the number of electronic herbarium records proliferates, the importance of linking these records to the physical specimens they represent as well as to related records from other sources will intensify. Although a rich and diverse literature has developed over the past decade that addresses the use of specimen identifiers for facilitating linking across the internet, few implementable guidelines or recommended practices for herbaria have been advanced. Here we review this literature with the express purpose of distilling a specific set of recommendations especially tailored to herbarium specimen digitization, curation, and management. We argue that associating globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) with physical herbarium specimens and including these identifiers in all electronic records about those specimens is essential to effective digital data curation. We also address practical applications for ensuring these associations.
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Date Issued
2018-02
Identifier
FSU_libsubv1_wos_000427460700007, 10.1002/aps3.1027
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