4 papers
A continental-scale dataset of ground beetles with high-resolution images and validated morphological trait measurements
S M Rayeed, Mridul Khurana, Alyson East +18
Despite the ecological significance of invertebrates, global trait databases remain heavily biased toward vertebrates and plants, limiting comprehensive ecological analyses of high…
Optimizing Image Capture for Computer Vision-Powered Taxonomic Identification and Trait Recognition of Biodiversity Specimens
Alyson East, Elizabeth G. Campolongo, Luke Meyers +25
1) Biological collections house millions of specimens with digital images increasingly available through open-access platforms. However, most imaging protocols were developed for h…
BarcodeBERT: Transformers for Biodiversity Analysis
Pablo Millan Arias, Niousha Sadjadi, Monireh Safari +9
In the global challenge of understanding and characterizing biodiversity, short species-specific genomic sequences known as DNA barcodes play a critical role, enabling fine-grained…
A multi-modal dataset for insect biodiversity with imagery and DNA at the trap and individual level
Johanna Orsholm, John Quinto, Hannu Autto +26
Insects comprise millions of species, many experiencing severe population declines under environmental and habitat changes. High-throughput approaches are crucial for accelerating…