The~ 400 million specimens deposited across~ 3000 herbaria are essential for:(i)
understanding where plants have lived in the past,(ii) forecasting where they may live in the …

Biological collections are arguably the most important resources for investigations into the
impacts of human activities on biodiversity. However, the apparent opportunities presented …

Global change has become a central focus of modern biology. Yet, our knowledge of how
anthropogenic drivers affect biodiversity and natural resources is limited by a lack of …

Herbarium specimens have long been a cornerstone of taxonomic research but are only
recently being recognized for their potential as a source of spatially and temporally …

Urbanization is quickly changing natural and agricultural landscapes, with consequences for
the herbivorous arthropods dwelling in or near cities. Here, we review the evidence for the …

Abstract Machine learning (ML) has great potential to drive scientific discovery by harvesting
data from images of herbarium specimens—preserved plant material curated in natural …

Herbaria are undergoing a renaissance as valuable sources of genomic data for exploring
plant evolution, ecology, and diversity. Ancient DNA retrieved from herbarium specimens …

Highlights•Global change includes multiple overlap** and interacting drivers.•These
drivers can have complex and counterintuitive effects on insects.•Global change reorganizes …

Ongoing global warming, coupled with increased drought frequencies, together with other
biotic drivers may have resulted in complex evolutionary adaptation. The resurrection …

Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth's flora and are crucial for
addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical …