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La Mission ethnographique et lingüistique Dakar-Djobouti (1931-1933) et le fantôme de L'Afrique [PDF]

, 2009
Auspiciada por el Instituto de Etnología de la Universidad de París y por el Museo de Etnografía del Trocadero, la Misión etnográfica y lingüística Dakar-Djibouti inauguró la era de las grandes investigaciones de campo de la etnografía francesa. Dirigida
López Sanz, Hasan G., Sánchez Durá, Nicolás   +1 more
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The importance of integrating herbarium records into conservation plans: a case study on Honduran ferns and lycophytes

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Herbarium collections are powerful, yet underutilized, tools for global biodiversity conservation and protected area management. By integrating digitized herbarium records with existing biodiversity data, previously unknown plant species were uncovered, exposing critical gaps in conservation knowledge.
Sven P. Batke, Thom Dallimore, Johan Reyes‐Chávez, David G. Hill, Wendy Atkinson, Eric van den Berghe, Geraldine Reid   +6 more
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The search for the Northeast Passage: the First and the Second Kamchatka expeditions in the years 1725-1743

Studia Humanitatis, 2019
In the beginning of the 1700s Tsar Peter the Great ordered the First Kamchatka expedition to take place. Russia was going through a period where changes both economical connections and geographical discoveries took place. Peter the Great was organizing a
Christensen Carsten Sander
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Première campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la région de Najrān. Rapport préliminaire [PDF]

, 2007
Preliminary report of the 1st campaign of the French-Saudi Archaeological Mission in the province of Najrān : survey of the rock-art site of an-Jamal.Rapport préliminaire de la première campagne de la Mission archéologique franco-saʿūdienne dans la ...
Arbach, Mounir, Dridi, Hédi, Gajda, Iwona, Robin, Christian Julien   +3 more
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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

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Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Jewels of Scientific Illustration from Oceanographic Reports in the Library of the Institute de la Mer de Villefranche

Arts et Sciences
The discipline of Oceanography might seem unlikely to harbor artistic work. However, the study of the ocean includes the study of marine organisms.
John R. Dolan
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Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections

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Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation data from Montserrat and the Cayman Islands to assess who collected these specimens, how they are used, and by whom.
Quentin Groom, Sofie Meeus, Sara Bárrios, Catherine Childs, Colin Clubbe, Ernestine Corbett, Sarita Francis, Alan Gray, Luke Harding, Annick Jackman, Rebecca Machin, Andrew McGovern, Mike Pienkowski, Delmaude Ryan, Chris Sealys, Catherine Wensink, Jodey Peyton   +16 more
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Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)

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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
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

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Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

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The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
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