[PCA] Nature News: Plant Collections Left in the Cold by Cuts

[Krupnick, Gary]

Herbaria in North America are withering away. Collections of preserved plant specimens that have been accumulating for a century or more are being closed and consolidated as tight budgets and competition for space put pressure on universities to direct resources to facilities such as labs.

http://www.nature.com/news/plant-collections-left-in-the-cold-by-cuts-1.17875


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