A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis.

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 describe...

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Main Authors: Jane Melville, David G Chapple, J Scott Keogh, Joanna Sumner, Andrew Amey, Phil Bowles, Ian G Brennan, Patrick Couper, Stephen C Donnellan, Paul Doughty, Danielle L Edwards, Ryan J Ellis, Damien Esquerré, Jéssica Fenker, Michael G Gardner, Arthur Georges, Margaret L Haines, Conrad J Hoskin, Mark Hutchinson, Craig Moritz, James Nankivell, Paul Oliver, Carlos J Pavón-Vázquez, Mitzy Pepper, Daniel L Rabosky, Kate Sanders, Glenn Shea, Sonal Singhal, Jessica Worthington Wilmer, Reid Tingley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001210