Want to know more about open phytolith science?
Here ! Check the videos prepared by the ICOPS, the International Committee on Open Phytolith Science for their launching event. Here is one, but more are available on YouTube:
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News from the International Committee on Phytolith Morphometry
In 2022, the International Committee on Phytolith Morphometry (ICPM) launched a new project to study inter- and intra-observer variation in phytolith morphometry. Phytolith researchers from different labs worldwide measured
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The FAIR Phytoliths project is getting started
We are happy to announce that the FAIR Phytoliths project has been successful in gaining funding through the European Open Science Cloud Digital Life Science Call. FAIR stands for Findable,
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Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project: updates!
The Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador project was undertaken by Deborah M. Pearsall and colleagues from 1997 to 2008, with periodic work through 2012, to establish diagnostic phytolith types
Phytoliths and Soil Classification in Brazil, what do these have in common?
Phytoliths and Soil Classification have many things in common!!!!! The use of a multiproxy approach to understand vegetation changes and the genesis of soils in Neotropical regions constitutes an area
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Survey on grass phytolith identification: see the results!
Caroline Strömberg and Tim Gallaher developed a machine learning and computer vision (ML&CV) tool for automatically identifying grass silica short cell phytoliths (GSSCP). To make this tool better than a
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Take a survey on grass phytolith identification!
Caroline Strömberg and Tim Gallaher are developing a machine learning and computer vision (ML&CV) tool for automatically identifying grass silica short cell phytoliths (GSSCP). To make this tool better than