Park et al. analyse a large global dataset of GBIF-mediated records, and report survey results from active herbaria (plant collections), to examine how the past assembly of herbaria bears the stamp of the colonial enterprise and how this legacy and behaviour is still with us today.
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Knapp, S. The past is a foreign country. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1042–1043 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01622-9
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