Video - The ABMI, the Taxonomic Impediment and the Role of Natural History Museums

Organization
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)
Resource Type
Video
Authors
Tyler Cobb
Resource Date:
2015

The presentation focuses on three main points:

  • Biodiversity monitoring requires taxonomic support
  • Taxonomic impediment (workload vs. available resources) and other challenges (e.g., store and maintain reference collections)
  • Relationship between biodiversity monitoring and natural history museums can represent a boon for the future of taxonomy