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Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both scientific and historical research using the specimens from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) to the Canadian arctic, remembered for its tragedy ...
J. Mason Heberling, Jackson P. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeographic traits of the bryophyte flora of Serbia [PDF]

open access: yesBotanica Serbica, 2019
The biogeography of bryophytes present in Serbia is analysed for the first time in this paper. Bryophyte spectra in different regions and units within the country are compared with each other, as well as with the Southeast European spectrum.
Jovana Pantović   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elevational trends in photosynthetic capacity and trait relationships of subtropical montane understorey bryophytes

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Bryophytes respond sensitively to environmental variation and the functioning and functions of bryophyte communities may therefore change due to climate change.
Zhe Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Memoir of the III simposio latinoamericano de briologia : briología en el beotrópico July 13-17, 1992 - Mexico City, Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Botanical history has recorded significant contributions of bryology to its conceptual development and to man’s scientific knowledge. The discovery of sexual chromosomes in plants by Allen and the production of the first polyploids by Wettstein are but ...

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Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Collections of dried plant specimens (herbaria) provide an invaluable resource for the study of many areas of scientific interest and conservation globally. Digitisation increases access to specimens and metadata, enabling efficient use across a broad spectrum of research.
Alan James Paton   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Together With Interspecific Interactions Determine Bryophyte Distribution in a Protected Mire of Northeast China

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2020
QuestionWhat environmental variables and plant–plant interactions affect mire bryophyte distribution and does the surrounding landscape with human disturbance play a role in the mire bryophyte distribution?LocationJinchuan mire, Northeast China.MethodsWe
Jin-Ze Ma   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
Branches and boles of trees in wet forests are often carpeted with lichens and bryophytes capable of providing periodically saturated habitat suitable for microfauna, animals that include tardigrades, rotifers, nematodes, mites, and springtails. Although
Alexander R. Young   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The early evolution of land plants, from fossils to genomics: a commentary on Lang (1937) ‘On the plant-remains from the Downtonian of England and Wales' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 2015 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
Burgess ND   +12 more
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A pipeline to compile expert‐verified datasets of digitised herbarium specimens for automated plant identification to accelerate taxonomy

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding and protecting plant life is essential for tackling the twin challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change. To support this, we have developed a new digital approach that helps identify plant species more quickly and accurately.
Jed Arno   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological features of synanthropic flora of central dense housing area of Lviv

open access: yesБіологічні студії, 2016
The results of study of ecological features of synanthropic flora of central dense housing area of Lviv composed of species of 145 genera belonging to 56 families and 6 divisionis of plants, including bryophytes are presented.
Z. Mamchur, M. Chuba
doaj   +1 more source

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