The colonial legacy of herbaria
D. S. Park, X. Feng, S. Akiyama, M. Ardiyani, N. Avendano, Z. Barina, B. Bartschi, M. Belgrano, J. Betancur, R. Bijmoer, A. Bogaerts, A. Cano, J. Danihelka, A. Garg, D. E. E. Giblin, , Slette
The paper analyzes 85 million herbarium records to show colonial legacies in plant specimen distribution, revealing disparities between biodiversity hotspots and where specimens are housed.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2021Ecology