Computers in Botanical Collections

J. Brenan

ISBN 10: 146842159X / ISBN 13: 9781468421590

Editore: Springer US, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume records the proceedings of, and the papers read at, an international conference to consider the use of electronic data processing methods in the major taxonomic plant collections of Europe, primarily herbaria but also living collections. This conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 3rd to 6th October, 1973. It was attended by some 90 delegates, observers and speakers, mainly from a wide range of the major European herbaria, but also from other interested institutions. The problem to be discussed was a big one. Taxonomic collections of the sorts mentioned above constitute the main centres for the scientific documentation of the flora of the world. With the extinction of so many species more or less imminently threatened, and with the modification or disappearance of so many vegetation types through the activities of man, the information contained in these collections grows in importance. Their aggregate size, in Europe, has been estimated at between 50 and 100 millions, and these are annually augmented at a rapid rate. Each specimen or living plant comprises a source of evidence and information represented both by the specimen itself and the associated information provided by the collector and subsequent investigators - identifications, field notes, records of subsequent research, etc. This associated information is known as the label data. Research on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of plants usually requires data from specimens stored in a number of institutions in different countries.

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• Titolo: Computers in Botanical Collections
• Editore: Springer US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 146842159X
• ISBN 13: 9781468421590
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 155 A x 13 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 155 millimetri di altezza per 13 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 353 grammi

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This volume records the proceedings of, and the papers read at, an international conference to consider the use of electronic data processing methods in the major taxonomic plant collections of Europe, primarily herbaria but also living collections. This conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 3rd to 6th October, 1973. It was attended by some 90 delegates, observers and speakers, mainly from a wide range of the major European herbaria, but also from other interested institutions. The problem to be discussed was a big one. Taxonomic collections of the sorts mentioned above constitute the main centres for the scientific documentation of the flora of the world. With the extinction of so many species more or less imminently threatened, and with the modification or disappearance of so many vegetation types through the activities of man, the information contained in these collections grows in importance. Their aggregate size, in Europe, has been estimated at between 50 and 100 millions, and these are annually augmented at a rapid rate. Each specimen or living plant comprises a source of evidence and information represented both by the specimen itself and the associated information provided by the collector and subsequent investigators - identifications, field notes, records of subsequent research, etc. This associated information is known as the label data. Research on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of plants usually requires data from specimens stored in a number of institutions in different countries.

Contenuti

E. D. P. in Major Herbaria — The Priorities.- The Data from Herbaria.- Discussion, Morning, Wednesday 3 October.- Relations Between Herbarium Records and Other Records.- Electronic Data Processing of Herbarium Specimens Data for the Flora of Veracruz Program.- The Uses of Electronic Data Processing for Herbarium Specimen Label Information.- Discussion, Afternoon, Wednesday 3 October.- The Flora North America Information System.- Electronic Data Processing in the Herbarium.- The Data Bank of the British Antarctic Survey’s Botanical Section.- Discussion, Morning, Thursday 4 October.- American Horticultural Society Plant Records Centre.- Data Standards for Collection-Holding Organisations.- Information Management and Use of TAXIR in Herbaria.- The Use of the SELGEM System in Support of Systematics.- Discussion, Afternoon, Thursday 4 October.- The Application of Electronic Data Processing to the Mapping of Plant Distributions.- The Living Plant Record System at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.- The Use of E. D. P. in Zoological Collections.- Discussion, Friday, 5 October, at End of Morning.- Discussion, Morning, Saturday 6 October.- Supplementary Notes on Taxonomic Information In Relation to E. D. P..- Concluding Remarks.- Resolutions Passed by the Conference.- English version.- French version.- German version.- List of Contributors.- List of Participants.