Chapter II-8. Browsing By Habitat

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In General: "Browse by" is the first choice on the Digital Herbarium navigation bar, and "Habitat" is the sixth option under it. Selecting it opens a list of all the habitats in the system and a count of the number of collections tied to each habitat. Click the number of collections to open the Collections tab of the Collection/Specimen display with only the collections for the habitat included.

Figure II-8.1. Habitats

Habitats

Procedure: 

  1. Select

    Browse byHabitat

    from the Digital Herbarium navigation bar.

  2. On the list of habitats, click the number of collections to move to the Collections tab of the Collection/Specimen display.

Note

Click "info" after the habitat name to open a panel with a description of the habitat. If you are on the habitat information panel, click "View all collections from the (habitat name) habitat type" at the bottom of the panel to go to the Collections tab of the Collection/Specimen display.

Once you are in the Collection/Specimen display, you may click the Collections tab to see the collections for the habitat, sort the Collection List by family, genus or specific epithet, and map the collections on the Map View tab. You can also download the collection information for use elsewhere. See Chapter III-9, Collection/Specimen Display: Collections tab for more information about the features of the Collections tab. See Chapter III-11, Collection/Specimen Display: Map View tab for more information about the features of the Map View tab.