The hidden Heuchera: How science Twitter uncovered a globally imperiled species in Pennsylvania, USA

PhytoKeys

Volumn , Issue 96, 2018, Pages 87-97

  Schuette, Scott ^a   Folk, Ryan A ^b   Cantley, Jason T ^c   Martine, Christopher T ^d  

^a Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuchera alba; INaturalist; Rare species conservation; Social media networks; Susquehanna River Valley; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045746255     PISSN: 13142011     EISSN: 13142003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.96.23667     Document Type: Article

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