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iNaturalist as a tool to expand the research value of museum specimens

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Innovative approaches to specimen collection and curation are needed to maximize the utility of natural history collections in a new era of data use. Associated data, such as digital images from the field, are routinely collected with recent herbarium specimens. However, these...

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Autores principales: Heberling, J. Mason, Isaac, Bonnie L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6240452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps3.1193
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description PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Innovative approaches to specimen collection and curation are needed to maximize the utility of natural history collections in a new era of data use. Associated data, such as digital images from the field, are routinely collected with recent herbarium specimens. However, these data often remain inaccessible and are rarely curated alongside the associated physical specimens, which limits future data use. METHODS AND RESULTS: We leveraged the widely used citizen science platform, iNaturalist, to permanently associate field‐collected data to herbarium specimens, including information not well preserved in traditional specimens. This protocol improves the efficiency and accuracy of all steps from the collecting event to specimen curation and enhances the potential uses of specimens. CONCLUSIONS: iNaturalist provides a standardized and cost‐efficient enhancement to specimen collection and curation that can be easily adapted for specific research goals or other collection types beyond herbaria.
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spelling pubmed-62404522018-11-23 iNaturalist as a tool to expand the research value of museum specimens Heberling, J. Mason Isaac, Bonnie L. Appl Plant Sci Protocol Notes PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Innovative approaches to specimen collection and curation are needed to maximize the utility of natural history collections in a new era of data use. Associated data, such as digital images from the field, are routinely collected with recent herbarium specimens. However, these data often remain inaccessible and are rarely curated alongside the associated physical specimens, which limits future data use. METHODS AND RESULTS: We leveraged the widely used citizen science platform, iNaturalist, to permanently associate field‐collected data to herbarium specimens, including information not well preserved in traditional specimens. This protocol improves the efficiency and accuracy of all steps from the collecting event to specimen curation and enhances the potential uses of specimens. CONCLUSIONS: iNaturalist provides a standardized and cost‐efficient enhancement to specimen collection and curation that can be easily adapted for specific research goals or other collection types beyond herbaria. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6240452/ /pubmed/30473939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps3.1193 Text en © 2018 Heberling and Isaac Applications in Plant Sciences is published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the Botanical Society of America This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473939
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