How-To Articles

These “how-to” articles walk through jabotR’s functions in the order you would typically reach for them. The diagram below gives the overall shape of that workflow before you dive into the individual guides.

Summarize JABOT collections

Summarize collections

Download and parse JABOT records

Filter JABOT records

Assess herbarium gaps and representativeness

Improve the collection

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These "how-to" articles walk through `jabotR`'s functions in the order you would typically reach for them. The diagram below gives the overall shape of that workflow before you dive into the individual guides.

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### Summarize JABOT collections
- [Summarize collections](/articles/summarize_jabot_collections.qmd)  
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### Download and parse JABOT records   
- [Download specimen records](/articles/download_jabot_collections.qmd)
- [Parse JABOT Darwin Core Archives](/articles/parse_jabot_dwca.qmd)
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### Filter JABOT records
- [Retrieve taxon-specific specimens](/articles/filter_jabot_records.qmd)
- [Filter indeterminate specimens](/articles/filter_indeterminate_jabot_specimens.qmd)
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### Assess herbarium gaps and representativeness
- [Identify taxonomic gaps](/articles/identify_jabot_gaps.qmd)
- [Measure herbarium representativeness](/articles/measure_jabot_representativeness.qmd)
- [Locate missing species and collecting priorities](/articles/locate_missing_jabot_species.qmd)
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### Improve the collection
- [Suggest identifications for indeterminate specimens](/articles/identify_jabot_indets.qmd)
- [Use REFLORA to identify indeterminate specimens](/articles/identify_with_reflora.qmd)
- [Organize field data with the jabotR field notebook](/articles/jabot_fieldbook.qmd)
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