Contents Summary 1170 I. Introduction 1170 II. Six key questions 1172 III. Three key
challenges 1177 IV. Conclusions 1181 Acknowledgements 1182 References 1183 …

One of the prime global concerns of the present day is mitigating the interconnected
challenges of agriculture production, food security, and climate change. In this connection …

Premise of the Study Phenotypic data sets are necessary to elucidate the genealogy of life,
but assembling phenotypic data for taxa across the tree of life can be technically challenging …

Premise of the Study Many ecological and evolutionary processes shape the assembly of
organisms into local communities from a regional pool of species. We analyzed …

Herbarium specimens have always played a central role in plant sciences and constitute the
cornerstone for systematic and taxonomy. This role is further strengthened with the ongoing …

Due to the differences in individual's color perception and the variations in color naming and
color rendering under different settings, color has historically been a challenging trait in …

It is well-known that the use of vocabulary in phenotype treatments is often inconsistent. An
earlier survey of biologists who create or use phenotypic characters revealed that this lack of …

Taxonomic literature keeps records of the planet's biodiversity and gives access to the
knowledge needed for its sustainable management. Unfortunately, most of the taxonomic …

Critical to answering large-scale questions in biology is the integration of knowledge from
different disciplines into a coherent, computable whole. Controlled vocabularies such as …

Os problemas de estudar a estrutura lexical de uma palavra têm saída para várias áreas da
ciência cognitiva, incluindo a biossemiótica. No artigo, a abordagem biossemiótica é …