Fully automatic extraction of morphological traits from the web: Utopia or reality?

Our results suggest that large-scale creation of structured trait databases from unstructured online text is now feasible due to the information extraction capabilities of large language models. However, the process is currently limited by the availability of textual descriptions that cover all traits of interest.

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Applications in Plant Sciences
Published
2025-05-01
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.70005
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7
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Species Distribution and Climate Change
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12.87

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Fully automatic extraction of morphological traits from the web: Utopia or reality?

Alexis Joly, Wilm Daniel Kissling, A.S.J. van Proosdij, César Leblanc et al.
7 citations
Applications in Plant Sciences
Species Distribution and Climate Change
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Fully automatic extraction of morphological traits from the web: Utopia or reality?

Alexis Joly, Wilm Daniel Kissling, A.S.J. van Proosdij, César Leblanc, Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, Diego Marcos, Hervé Goëau, Pierre Bonnet, Konstantinos P. Panousis, Robert van de Vlasakker
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Abstract

Our results suggest that large-scale creation of structured trait databases from unstructured online text is now feasible due to the information extraction capabilities of large language models. However, the process is currently limited by the availability of textual descriptions that cover all traits of interest.

Applications in Plant SciencesVol. 13(3)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (FR), Université de Montpellier (FR), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR), May Institute (US), Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (FR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR), University of Amsterdam (NL), Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, European Commission, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Wageningen University and Research
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