Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research

PeerJ2.70
Volume: 7, Pages: e8086 - e8086
Published: Nov 25, 2019
Abstract
Over 300 million arthropod specimens are housed in North American natural history collections. These collections represent a “vast hidden treasure trove” of biodiversity −95% of the specimen label data have yet to be transcribed for research, and less than 2% of the specimens have been imaged. Specimen labels contain crucial information to determine species distributions over time and are essential for understanding patterns of ecology and...
Paper Details
Title
Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research
Published Date
Nov 25, 2019
Journal
Volume
7
Pages
e8086 - e8086
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