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The global diversity of birds in space and time

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A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

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The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

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Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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Undescribed species have higher extinction risk than known species

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How many species will Earth lose to climate change?

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Plant diversity darkspots for global collection priorities

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Next‐generation species delimitation and taxonomy: Implications for biogeography

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A global analysis of habitat fragmentation research in reptiles and amphibians: what have we done so far?

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Macroecological links between the Linnean, Wallacean, and Darwinian shortfalls

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Species out of sight: elucidating the determinants of research effort in global reptiles

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Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves

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Well-intentioned initiatives hinder understanding biodiversity conservation: Cloaked iNaturalist information for threatened species

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A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases

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FishPhyloMaker: An R package to generate phylogenies for ray-finned fishes

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Brazilian Biodiversity as a Source of Power and Sustainable Development: A Neglected Opportunity

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When adaptive radiations collide: Different evolutionary trajectories between and within island and mainland lizard clades

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How ignoring detection probability hurts biodiversity conservation

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Climate change-related distributional range shifts of venomous snakes: a predictive modelling study of effects on public health and biodiversity

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‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications

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Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies

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Genetic rescue often leads to higher fitness as a result of increased heterozygosity across animal taxa

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How taxonomic change influences forecasts of the Linnean shortfall (and what we can do about it)?

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Comparison of Traditional and Next-Generation Approaches for Uncovering Phytoplasma Diversity, with Discovery of New Groups, Subgroups and Potential Vectors

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How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge

Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., & Upham, N. S. (2025) · Journal of Mammalogy · doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf047 · Cited by 54

Global shortfalls of knowledge on anuran tadpoles

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Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme

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Evidence on the efficacy of small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) as a survey tool for North American terrestrial, vertebrate animals: a systematic map

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Land and deep-sea mining: the challenges of comparing biodiversity impacts

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Global Patterns of Taxonomic Uncertainty and its Impacts on Biodiversity Research

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Caught in the crossfire: biodiversity conservation paradox of sociopolitical conflict

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Environmental Linguistics

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Biogeography of central African forests: Determinants, ongoing threats and conservation priorities of mammal assemblages

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Naming the menagerie: creativity, culture and consequences in the formation of scientific names

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Rethinking Global Hotspots for Threatened Terrestrial Vertebrates

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Contrasting biogeographical patterns of threatened vertebrates on islands emerge from disparities between expert‐derived maps and Global Biodiversity Information Facility data

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The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time

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Relatively large wings facilitate life at higher elevations among Nearctic dragonflies

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Peace and the environment at the crossroads: Elections in a conflict-troubled biodiversity hotspot

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Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview

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Quantifying global colonization pressures of alien vertebrates from wildlife trade

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A race against extinction: The challenge to overcome the Linnean amphibian shortfall in tropical biodiversity hotspots

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Estimating vertebrate biodiversity using the tempo of taxonomy – a view from Hubbert’s peak

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Tracking scientific discovery of avian phylogenetic diversity over 250 years

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How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge.Preprint

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Global knowledge gaps of herptile responses to land transformation

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Disentangling the veil line for Brazilian biodiversity: An overview from two long-term research programs reveals huge gaps in ecological data reporting

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Macroecological correlates of Darwinian shortfalls across terrestrial vertebrates

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Genetic and Ecogeographic Controls on Species Cohesion in Australia’s Most Diverse Lizard Radiation

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Two new glassfrogs (Centrolenidae:Hyalinobatrachium) from Ecuador, with comments on the endangered biodiversity of the Andes

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Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections

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Range restriction, climate variability and human‐related risks imperil lizards world‐wide

Chen, C., Holyoak, M., Xu, J., Caetano, G. H. D. O., & Wang, Y. (2023) · Global Ecology and Biogeography · doi:10.1111/geb.13655 · Cited by 11

Reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the snake brain

Macrì, S., Aalto, I.-M., Allemand, R., & Di‐Poï, N. (2023) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adi6888 · Cited by 12

Temporal trends in global reptile species descriptions over three decades

Guedes, J. J. M., de Lima, H. V. G., Mendonça, L. R., Chen-Zhao, R., Diniz‐Filho, J. A. F., & Moura, M. R. (2024) · Systematics and Biodiversity · doi:10.1080/14772000.2024.2419832 · Cited by 14

Estimating the diversity of tropical anurans in fragmented landscapes with acoustic monitoring: lessons from a sampling sufficiency perspective

Anunciação, P. R., Sugai, L. S. M., Martello, F., de Carvalho, L. M. T., & Ribeiro, M. C. (2022) · Biodiversity and Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10531-022-02475-w · Cited by 14

A new genus and species of shrew-like mouse (Rodentia: Muridae) from a new center of endemism in eastern Mindanao, Philippines

Rowsey, D. M., Duya, M. R. M., Ibañez, J. C., Jansa, S. A., Rickart, E. A., & Heaney, L. R. (2022) · Journal of Mammalogy · doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac057 · Cited by 13

Environmental and geographical biases in plant specimen data from the Colombian Andes

Vargas, C., Bottin, M., Särkinen, T., Richardson, J. E., Raz, L., Garzón‐López, C. X., & Sánchez, A. (2022) · Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boac035 · Cited by 11

Patterns ofGrewia(Malvaceae) diversity across geographical scales in Africa and Madagascar

Karimi, N., & Hanes, M. M. (2024) · Annals of Botany · doi:10.1093/aob/mcae009 · Cited by 10

Challenges in estimating species' age from phylogenetic trees

del Cid, C. C., Hauffe, T., Carrillo, J. D., May, M. R., Warnock, R. C. M., & Silvestro, D. (2024) · Global Ecology and Biogeography · doi:10.1111/geb.13890 · Cited by 10

From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy

Feitosa, R., Silva, T. S. R., Camacho, G. P., Ulysséa, M., Ladino, N., Oliveira, A. M., de Albuquerque, E. Z., Ribas, C., Schmidt, F. A., Morini, M., et al. (2023) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.221170 · Cited by 9

Updated list of the mammals of Costa Rica, with notes on recent taxonomic changes

Mora, J. M., & Ruedas, L. A. (2023) · Zootaxa · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.1 · Cited by 10

Open and FAIR data sharing are building blocks to bolster biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia

Tanalgo, K. C. (2025) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111192 · Cited by 9

Global key areas for anuran tadpole discovery

Nori, J., Baldo, D., Pereyra, M., Grosjean, S., Dias, P. H. D. S., Müller, H., Cordier, M., Huais, P. Y., Tomba, A. N., & Candioti, F. V. (2025) · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaf017 · Cited by 9

Geopolitical impacts on the description of new terrestrial mollusc species

de Abreu, E. C. T., da Silva, E. L., & Moura, M. R. (2025) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2025.1428 · Cited by 11

Accessibility and appeal jointly bias the inventory of Neotropical freshwater fish fauna

Herrera‐R, G. A., Tedesco, P. A., DoNascimiento, C., Jezequel, C., & Giam, X. (2023) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110186 · Cited by 9

Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates

Helenbrook, W. D., & Valdez, J. W. (2025) · Biotropica · doi:10.1111/btp.70028 · Cited by 8

Drivers of extinction risks and shortfalls across terrestrial vertebrates in the Philippine global biodiversity hotspot

Tanalgo, K. C., Cruz, K. C. D., Agduma, A. R., Lidasan, A. K., Edradan, J. C., Dumayas, R. K. L., Alagdon, J. S., Villaruz, B. D., & Gatoc, G. K. P. (2025) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180274 · Cited by 11

The hidden biodiversity knowledge split in biological collections

Nakamura, G., Stabile, B. H. M., Frateles, L. E. F., Araujo, M. L., Neuhaus, E. B., Marinho, M., Leite, M. D. S., Richter, A., Ding, L., Freitas, T. M. D. S., et al. (2025) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2025.1045 · Cited by 13

A Bibliometric Analysis of Indonesia Biodiversity Identification through DNA Barcoding Research from 2004-2021

Priyono, D. S., Wildlife Conservation Society – Indonesia Program, J. M. 1. N. 1., Sofyantoro, F., Putri, W. A., Septriani, N. I., Rabbani, A., & Arisuryanti, T. (2023) · Natural and Life Sciences Communications · doi:10.12982/nlsc.2023.006 · Cited by 8

An Isolated and Deeply Divergent Hynobius Species from Fujian, China

Wang, Z., Othman, S. N., Qiu, Z., Lu, Y., Prasad, V. K., Dong, Y., Lu, C., & Borzée, A. (2023) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani13101661 · Cited by 8

Knowledge shortfalls for titi monkey: A poorly known clade of small-bodied South American primates

Souza‐Alves, J. P., Boyle, S. A., & Barnett, A. A. (2023) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110256 · Cited by 9

The small and inconspicuous majority: Revealing the megadiversity and historical biogeography of the Pristimantis unistrigatus species group (Anura, Strabomantidae)

Mônico, A. T., Koch, E. D., Ferrão, M., Fernandes, I. Y., Marques, G. M. G., Chaparro, J. C., Rodrigues, M. T., LIMA, A. P., & Antoine Fouquet, A. (2024) · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108203 · Cited by 8

Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot

Zieritz, A., Gibbins, C. N., Cai, Y., Diba, F., Gan, L. X., Lopes‐Lima, M., Mendoza, J. C. E., Morse, J. C., Ng, T. H., Toh, E. X. P., et al. (2024) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110839 · Cited by 15

Above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity responses to the prolonged flood pulse in central‐western Amazonia, Brazil

Bredin, Y. K., Hess, L. L., Scabin, A. B., Dunthorn, M., Haugaasen, T., Peres, C. A., Nilsson, R. H., Antonelli, A., & Ritter, C. D. (2021) · Environmental DNA · doi:10.1002/edn3.268 · Cited by 8

A “hotspot” within a hotspot: the reptiles of the Estação Ecológica and Área de Proteção Ambiental de Murici, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

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