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  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Botany

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  • Human activities have significantly altered global ecosystems over centuries.
  • Herbaria provide essential long-term ecological and evolutionary data.
  • Digitization and DNA sequencing of herbarium specimens enhance their research utility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the role of herbaria in tracking long-term ecological and evolutionary changes.
  • To demonstrate how herbaria data can inform about the impacts of global change drivers on plants.
  • To advocate for increased utilization of herbaria in global change research.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing existing literature on herbarium use in global change research.
  • Analyzing herbarium data in the context of major global change drivers (pollution, habitat change, climate change, invasive species).
  • Discussing future opportunities and challenges in utilizing herbarium resources.

Main Results:

  • Herbaria offer invaluable long-term data for understanding species' responses to global environmental change.
  • Specimens document the effects of pollution, habitat alteration, climate shifts, and invasive species on plant populations.
  • Digitization and molecular techniques unlock new avenues for historical ecological and evolutionary research.

Conclusions:

  • Herbaria are critical 'windows into the past' for global change research.
  • Intensified use of herbaria is crucial for understanding past and predicting future ecological and evolutionary trajectories.
  • Herbaria collections are vital for addressing contemporary environmental challenges.