Digitization of Natural History Collections for Biodiversity Science and Conservation
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1640
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anthropogenic changes in flora and vegetation; urban flora; invasive plant biology; biology of endangered and vulnerable plants; distribution and ecology of field weeds; environmental impact assessment; phenology and aeropalynology of allergenic plants; digitization and biodiversity database
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural history collections (NHCs) are fundamental to the study of the diversity and variability of organisms. The digitization of NHCs is an increasingly important conservation tool which is currently contributing to many areas of biodiversity research. Interest in the digital information archived at NHCs has increased rapidly due to the global, regional, and local threat to biodiversity. This Special Issue will discuss the digitization of NHCs and studies based on the obtained data. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
- Best practices for digitizing NHCs and the associated difficulties.
- Integrating digitized collections with other biodiversity survey tools such as barcoding or remote sensing.
- The benefits and challenges of digitization, including improved scientific understanding and enhanced biodiversity conservation management.
- The role of digitized collections in monitoring biodiversity changes and ecosystem dynamics.
- The potential of digitized NHCs in prioritizing areas for conservation and species management.
- Interdisciplinary perspectives on the digitization of NHCs and its potential to advance biodiversity conservation.
- Digitization of collections as an opportunity to develop citizen science and education.
Prof. Dr. Bogdan Jackowiak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodiversity loss
- conservation
- biodiversity data collection, management and aggregation
- a new source of biodiversity data
- digital identification keys
- digitalization of natural history collections
- nomenclators and taxonomic databases
- biological collections
