Bringing Biodiversity Data Online, One Leaf At A Time

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"Chris Freeland [is the] director of the Center for Biodiversity Informatics at MBG [Missouri Botanical Garden]....The garden is one of six institutions involved in the Encyclopedia of Life project, for instance, which will catalog data about every species on Earth and make it available online, serving as a single access point for studying the world’s biodiversity. Freeland is a self-described open-access evangelist, encouraging other herbaria and museums to share their collections as openly as possible. Ultimately, he hopes researchers will be able to use it to map new connections in the web of life...."

Link:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-10/pressed-plants-are-data-too

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Tags:

ru.no oa.biology oa.new oa.botany

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:18

Date published:

11/04/2011, 12:33