The future of biodiversity collections
biab036) the necessary steps for the biodiversity collections community to vouchsafe its position as an important catalyst of research. The authors draw on recommendations from recent reports by the Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), arguing that an implementation plan for the previously described Extended Specimen Network (ESN) is a logical next step for the community. According to Thiers and colleagues, the plan should draw on the existing capacity of biodiversity collections to provide researchers with a stable ...
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