Evolution of fungal phenotypic disparity DOI
Thomas J. Smith, Philip C. J. Donoghue

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(10), P. 1489 - 1500

Published: Aug. 15, 2022

Language: Английский

Floristics in Mexico today: insights into a better understanding of biodiversity in a megadiverse country DOI Creative Commons
José Luís Villaseñor, Jorge A. Meave

Botanical Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 100(Special), P. S14 - S33

Published: Aug. 17, 2022

Advancing our current knowledge on floristic richness in Mexico requires access to different sources, including published and unpublished inventories, fascicles of ongoing projects, publicly available online databases. The evaluation these sources reveals how extensive the information country’s diversity is, its heterogeneity, lack protocols standards for proper organization, analysis, synthesis. This review addresses extent which provide basis achieve long-awaited goal completing Flora Mexico, traditional outputs taxonomic work (Floras checklists) are useful other fields biological research. We identified major gaps, as well actual potential uses by scholars public. Although all reviewed focus a better Mexican plant species, each one has own approach, geographic coverage, objectives, producing incompatibilities that hamper their integration rapid efficient synthesis analysis. Such should offer an updated scenario geographical setting foundations organized strategies aimed complete short term. Floristic country continues advance actively, indicated growing number inventories buildup shows much we know today about Mexico’s vascular highlights relevance this study nature, particularly those related component.

Language: Английский

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Base de datos del Fungario de Líquenes (LPS) – División Micología “Instituto Spegazzini” (Museo de La Plata) DOI Creative Commons

Tomás Bruno,

Fabricio Emanuel Valdés, Renato Andrés García

et al.

Lilloa, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 187 - 200

Published: May 5, 2025

La División Micología “Instituto Spegazzini” conserva y gestiona la colección de hongos del Museo Plata. Este trabajo presenta un catálogo liquenizados legados por Carlos Luis Spegazzini, junto con exsiccatae naturalistas época e investigadores recientes en el campo liquenología. El objetivo es ampliar conocimiento sobre las especies presentes, proporcionando una herramienta referencia para investigaciones taxonómicas, destacando su relevancia histórica patrimonio cultural. Se creó base datos recopilando información contenida etiquetas. identificación se llevó a cabo mediante microscopía óptica, observando exomorfología material aplicando reacciones KOH 0,5%, NaClO luz UV. Los nombres científicos actualizaron Catalogue of Life. georreferenciación realizó utilizando método Punto Radio. obtuvo que abarca período entre 1864 2014. registró disponibilidad total 634 especímenes distribuidos 244 taxones distintos niveles especificidad taxonómica: Lecanoromycetes (562); Eurotiomycetes (23); Dothideomycetes (15); Arthoniomycetes (11); Lichinomycetes (7); Coniocybomycetes (2); Agaricomycetes (2) sin especificar (12). registros presentan 158 localidades georreferenciadas América Sur (345); Europa (232); Asia (14) Norte (2), siendo 38 carentes localización. Entre incluye colección, discute isotipo asignado C. Spegazzini H. Magnusson. espera este ayude rastrear diversidad líquenes proporcione valiosa futuros estudios taxonómicos, biogeográficos ecológicos.

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Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance DOI Open Access
Scott Thomson, Kevin R. Thiele, Stijn Conix

et al.

Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 21(4), P. 623 - 630

Published: Oct. 14, 2021

Language: Английский

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Recommendations for use of annotations and persistent identifiers in taxonomy and biodiversity publishing DOI Creative Commons
Donat Agosti, Laurence Bénichou, Wouter Addink

et al.

Research Ideas and Outcomes, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: Nov. 16, 2022

The paper summarises many years of discussions and experience biodiversity publishers, organisations, research projects individual researchers, proposes recommendations for implementation persistent identifiers article metadata, structural elements (sections, subsections, figures, tables, references, supplementary materials others) data specific to (taxonomic treatments, treatment citations, taxon names, material gene sequences, specimens, scientific collections) in taxonomy publishing. best practices on how should be used the different cases they can minted, cited, expressed backend XML facilitate conversion further re-use content as FAIR data. also discusses several routes post-publication semantically enhanced through large aggregators such Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) others, specifications both tags that purpose. A summary table provides an account overview recommendations. guidelines are supported with examples from existing publishing practices.

Language: Английский

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National biodiversity data infrastructures: ten essential functions for science, policy, and practice DOI Creative Commons
Anton Güntsch, Jörg Overmann, Barbara Ebert

et al.

BioScience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 30, 2024

Today, at the international level, powerful data portals are available to biodiversity researchers and policymakers, offering increasingly robust computing network capacities capable services for internationally agreed-on standards. These accelerate individual complex workflows map data-driven research processes or even make them possible first time. At national however, alongside these developments, infrastructures needed take on tasks that cannot be easily funded addressed internationally. To avoid gaps, as well redundancies in landscape, responsibilities must clearly defined align efforts with core priorities. In present article, we outline 10 essential functions of infrastructures. They serve key providers, facilitators, mediators, platforms effective management, integration, analysis require foster science, policy, practice.

Language: Английский

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NCBI taxonomy: enhanced access via NCBI datasets DOI Creative Commons
Eric Cox, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya,

Stacy Ciufo

et al.

Nucleic Acids Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(D1), P. D1711 - D1715

Published: Oct. 29, 2024

Abstract The NCBI Taxonomy resource (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy) has long been a trusted, curated hub for organism names, classifications, and links to related data all taxonomic nodes. Datasets (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/) is an improved way leverage the rich available at so users can effectively browse, search, download information. While taxonomy cornerstone of since its inception, we recently extended information via by updating existing page, implementing new name details expanding programmatic access command-line tools APIs improving handle queries connect gene genome data. This paper highlights these improvements provides examples help harness features.

Language: Английский

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Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists DOI Open Access
Aaron Lien, Stijn Conix, Frank E. Zachos

et al.

Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 21(4), P. 645 - 655

Published: July 23, 2021

Language: Английский

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Towards a global list of accepted species V. The devil is in the detail DOI Creative Commons
Richard L. Pyle, Saroj Kanta Barik, Les Christidis

et al.

Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 21(4), P. 657 - 675

Published: Oct. 22, 2021

A consensus among biologists has been growing in recent years for the development of a global list accepted species (and other taxa). To date, much discussion focused on visions how such would benefit many scientific and societal disciplines. Less emphasis placed understanding technical challenges compiling maintaining list. Challenges include details implementation as defining what each entry represents, scope (taxonomic breadth), granularity (only species, all taxonomic ranks, unnamed operational units), level confidence status individual entries. The specific properties minimum information requirements items need to be defined, process ensuring accuracy, consistency, noting uncertainties, needs adopted. Perhaps greatest challenge is developing procedures by which created, updated, maintained. Considerations incorporate obscure newly described taxa, extent review process, mechanisms arbitrating disputes or alternative viewpoints will addressed through an open transparent with broad engagement from multiple communities. Details concerning can accessed, it maintained, way its contents are properly cited determined. Many these issues have considered sometimes solved Catalogue Life, should serve core foundation actual any species.

Language: Английский

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On species concepts, species delimitation criteria, taxonomy committees, and biases: a response to Lima (2022a) DOI Creative Commons
Alexandre Luis Padovan Aleixo

Ornithology Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(1), P. 62 - 70

Published: Jan. 17, 2023

Abstract In a recent commentary, Lima (Ornithol Res 30:225–228, 2022a) claims that the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (CBRO) bases its species ranking decisions on misinterpretation of general lineage concept (GLSC), with two major detrimental consequences: (1) misinform ornithological community about nature interspecific limits and (2) mislead users CBRO checklist “…about taxa it contains.” Here, I review arguments behind Lima’s demonstrate they are unfounded stem from an inaccurate interpretation GLSC coupled lack understanding differences between inherent theoretical concepts their actual implementation in real-life situations by taxonomists taxonomy committees particular. Accordingly, provide several examples taxonomic treatments implemented CBRO, confirming as guiding committee. If not addressed properly, unsubstantiated commentaries such put forward — which cast serious doubts standards upon checklists produced may have unintended effect amplifying current representation bias against Latin American ornithologists global initiatives publication single worldwide avian checklist.

Language: Английский

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Collating biodiversity occurrence data for conservation DOI Creative Commons
Dian Spear, Nicola J. van Wilgen,

Anthony G. Rebelo

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: March 16, 2023

Plant and animal checklists, with conservation status information, are fundamental for management. Historical field data, more recent data of digital origin data-sharing platforms provide useful sources collating species locality data. However, different biodiversity datasets have formats inconsistent naming systems. Additionally, most do not an easy option download by protected area. Further, data-entry-ready software is readily available organization staff limited technical skills to collate these heterogeneous create distribution maps checklists areas. The insights presented here the outcome conceptualizing a information system South African National Parks. We recognize that requirement achieving better standardization, sharing use capacity building, internet connectivity, national institutional management support collaboration. focus on some issues need be considered standardization support. outline using taxonomic backbones standardizing utility from Global Biodiversity Information Facility other in this process. we make recommendations fields needed relational databases can used inform decisions steps taken enable easier collation Africa as case study.

Language: Английский

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