Schrödinger's phenotypes: herbarium specimens show two-dimensional images are both good and (not so) bad sources of morphological data
L. M. Borges, V. C. Reis, R. Izbicki
The paper evaluates the reliability of 2D images of herbarium specimens for morphological data, finding they are precise but less accurate for small traits and suffer from missing data issues.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2020Ecology