High-performance living plant collections require a globally integrated data ecosystem to meet twenty-first-century challenges

2026/01/09 by Samuel F. Brockington, P. Malcolm, Patricia Malcolm +75 · 2 voices · 2 citations
Computer Science · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Animal and Plant Science Education #Big data #Citizen science #Data management #Ecosystem #Ecosystem services #Global change #Living systems #Perspective (graphical) #Research Data Management Practices #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02192-6

published in Nature Plants 12(1), 18-25 (Nature Portfolio)

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Citations

• Insights from a century of data reveal global trends in ex situ living plant collections
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Discussions

• Botanic gardens' vast knowledge remains untapped due to fragmented data systems, say researchers [lemmy, 28 points, 0 comments]
• Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... important message for our botanic gardens and conservation community (paywalled - ping me for a pdf) [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]