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SUBMITTER: Melville J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168848 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melville Jane J Chapple David G DG Keogh J Scott JS Sumner Joanna J Amey Andrew A Bowles Phil P Brennan Ian G IG Couper Patrick P Donnellan Stephen C SC Doughty Paul P Edwards Danielle L DL Ellis Ryan J RJ Esquerré Damien D Fenker Jéssica J Gardner Michael G MG Georges Arthur A Haines Margaret L ML Hoskin Conrad J CJ Hutchinson Mark M Moritz Craig C Nankivell James J Oliver Paul P Pavón-Vázquez Carlos J CJ Pepper Mitzy M Rabosky Daniel L DL Sanders Kate K Shea Glenn G Singhal Sonal S Worthington Wilmer Jessica J Tingley Reid R
PLoS biology 20210601 6
Global biodiversity loss is a profound consequence of human activity. Disturbingly, biodiversity loss is greater than realized because of the unknown number of undocumented species. Conservation fundamentally relies on taxonomic recognition of species, but only a fraction of biodiversity is described. Here, we provide a new quantitative approach for prioritizing rigorous taxonomic research for conservation. We implement this approach in a highly diverse vertebrate group-Australian lizards and sn ...[more]