AI-based discovery of habitats from museum collections

Jones CBStock KPerkins SE2024-11-262024-11-262024-04-02Jones CB, Stock K, Perkins SE. (2024). AI-based discovery of habitats from museum collections.. Trends Ecol Evol. 39. 4. (pp. 323-327).0169-5347https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72082Museum collection records are a source of historic data for species occurrence, but little attention is paid to the associated descriptions of habitat at the sample locations. We propose that artificial intelligence methods have potential to use these descriptions for reconstructing past habitat, to address ecological and evolutionary questions.(c) 2024 The Author/sCC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/artificial intelligencehabitatnatural history archivesshifting baselinesMuseumsArtificial IntelligenceEcosystemBiological EvolutionAI-based discovery of habitats from museum collectionsJournal article10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.0061872-8383journal-article323-327https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38355366S0169-5347(24)00031-4