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herbarium specimen collection bias — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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herbarium specimen collection bias

Scope: methodological

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on herbarium specimen collection bias with 68 nodes and 134 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Definition

Systematic tendency for historical plant collectors to preferentially collect rare or uncommon species while avoiding common, dominant species

Related Terms (3)

representation biassampling biascollection bias

Publications (2)

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

Using the literature to test pollination syndromes - some methodological cautions

2015Journal of Pollination Ecologytested

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floral visitation rate

measurement1 shared paper

floral abundance

measurement1 shared paper

spatial clustering

phenomenon1 shared paper

pollinator foraging behavior

process1 shared paper

meta-analysis

methodology1 shared paper

vegetation community composition

measurement1 shared paper

species accumulation curve

measurement1 shared paper

blanket sampling

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae2 papers

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned2 papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae1 paper

Bromus inermis

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae1 paper

Erigeron

Asteraceae1 paper

Poa pratensis

Taraxacum

Asteraceae1 paper

Salix boothii

Salicaceae1 paper

Timothy