[Taxacom] Herbarium databases with altitude

[Michael Denslow]

Hi Marco,

 
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> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:16:01 -0400
> From: Marco Gaiani <mgaiani at fundacite.arg.gov.ve>
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> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am looking for on-line herbaria databases that use
> altitude 
> information to filter out results. Lets say that you want
> all specimens 
> on a particular genus but only the occurrences between 1000
> and 2000 
> meters of altitude. Any suggestions?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Marco Gaiani
> Bioinformatics Unit
> Museo del Instituto de Zoologia Agricola
> Universidad Central de Venezuela
> Maracay, VENEZUELA

I don't have an exact answer for you. Are you looking for databases from any region in the world? I imagine that in many cases you would need to contact the database administrator for this information. but...
I think this brings up an interesting question. Are people entering elevation or altitude information when they georeferencing legacy data?

Thanks
Michael


Michael Denslow

I.W. Carpenter Jr. Herbarium [BOON]
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina U.S.A. 

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