How to fill the #biodiversity #data gap: Is it better to invest in #fieldwork or #curation? doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.… Spoiler: #herbarium curation is crucial
Kelly Shepherd (she/her)
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Kelly Shepherd (she/her)
@Kelly_Shepherd
Western Australian botanist into systematics, taxonomy and forensics.




"Many new species are only now being discovered because they’re rare, isolated, or both — factors that also make them easier to wipe out". Thank you @katarinazimmer @undarkmag for highlighting the urgent need to catalog the worlds biodiversity. undark.org/2023/05/29/dis…









#SolarEclipse2023 at the Western Australian Herbarium








For me this was my last day serving on ASBS Council after 4 years with this amazing, fun, and kind group of colleagues. I will miss them heaps but so happy to know the Society is in very good hands! @ASBS_botany




Evening social barbecue mixer on the Herbarium courtyard. So good to see this space come to full life! Thanks heaps @Cycadales for the brilliant idea and all the organisation! @ASBS_botany @AustralianBG @RBGSydney



