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 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Psychology · Computer Science · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Animal and Plant Science Education #Research Data Management Practices

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

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• Botanic gardens' vast knowledge remains untapped due to fragmented data systems, say researchers [lemmy, 28 points, 0 comments]
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