Ground observations in tropical forests are often limited, showing the need for better tools to track plant traits over large ... are expanding possibilities for using AI across time and space." ...

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Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, which are critical to tropical ecosystems Ella Jeffries Staff ...