The importance of Schoenus observations

It is always pleasing for me to find more Schoenus observations posted on iNaturalist. For one reason, the understanding of these species and their distributions is improving. We are also getting a better understanding of the habitat preferences and the morphological traits associated with each species.

Research-grade observations of Schoenus are also important for me, because I can easily export the data from iNaturalist and incorporate it into my analyzes. Often researchers use data from repositories such as GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) for this type of research, but it is much more difficult to check the observations to make sure they are accurate using that platform. While it might not matter that much for analyzes at the global scale, for local- or regional-scale analyzes, such as those focusing on southern Africa, it is preferred to have more accurate, checked data. iNaturalist can supply that data.

Your data will be very useful for a paper that I am currently preparing on the connection between genome size/polyploidy and the niche requirements of different southern African Schoenus species. I could always use more observations for my analyzes - so the more high-quality observations - the better!

Thanks again for everyone's contributions.

Publicado el julio 17, 2021 09:35 MAÑANA por tle003