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Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology
Greve, M.; Lykke, A. M.; Fagg, C. W. et al.
2016In South African Journal of Botany, 105, p. 317-323
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Keywords :
Biological collections; Database; Historical records; Label information; Long-term data collections; Trait; Africa
Abstract :
[en] 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. © 2016 South African Association of Botanists.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Greve, M.;  Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, Denmark, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lykke, A. M.;  Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, Silkeborg, Denmark
Fagg, C. W.;  Herbário UB e Faculdade de Ceilândia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas bloco 9, Universidade de Brasília, 1o piso, Campus Darcy Ribeiro Asa Norte, Brasilia DF, Brazil
Gereau, R. E.;  Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, United States
Lewis, G. P.;  Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
Marchant, R.;  York Institute of Tropical Ecosystems and Centre for Integration of Research, Conservation and Learning, Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom
Marshall, A. R.;  York Institute of Tropical Ecosystems and Centre for Integration of Research, Conservation and Learning, Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Flamingo Land Ltd., Malton, N Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Ndayishimiye, J.;  Service d'Ecologie du Paysage et Systèmes de Production Végétale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, CP 169, Bruxelles, Belgium, Département de Biologie, Université du Burundi, Burundi, Département de Biologie, Université du Burundi, BDI
Bogaert, Jan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Biodiversité et Paysage
Svenning, J.-C.;  Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, Aarhus C, Denmark
Language :
English
Title :
Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
South African Journal of Botany
ISSN :
0254-6299
Publisher :
Elsevier B.V.
Volume :
105
Pages :
317-323
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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