TSTD
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Tropical Seed Trait Database network
Description
The Tropical Seed Trait Database (TSTD) is an inclusive network of researchers that aims to compile a large database of seed traits in tropical species. The ultimate goal of the TSTD network is to compile and publish a large database containing seed traits of tropical species that provides raw data that can be assessed and reused to explore multiple research questions, inform decision-making, and support seed-based conservation and restoration programs.
Find out more on the TSTD website
Caroline C. Vasconcelos
Research Fellow
My research interests include taxonomy and systematics (especially neotropical Sapotaceae), spectroscopy as a integrative tools, Amazonian flora, species distribution modeling, floristic studies, and tropical forest ecology.