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The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

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Engel, Michael S, Ceríaco, Luis M P, Daniel, Gimo M, Dellapé, Pablo M, Löbl, Ivan, Marinov, Milen, Reis, Roberto E, Young, Mark T, Dubois, Alain, Agarwal, Ishan, Lehmann A., Pablo, Alvarado, Mabel, Alvarez, Nadir, Andreone, Franco, Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia, Ascher, John S, Baêta, Délio, Baldo, Diego, Bandeira, Suzana A, Barden, Phillip, Barrasso, Diego A, Bendifallah, Leila, Bockmann, Flávio A, Böhme, Wolfgang, Borkent, Art, Brandão, Carlos R F, Busack, Stephen D, Bybee, Seth M, Channing, Alan, Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, Christenhusz, Maarten J M, Crisci, Jorge V, D’elía, Guillermo, Da Costa, Luis M, Davis, Steven R, De Lucena, Carlos Alberto S, Deuve, Thierry, Fernandes Elizalde, Sara, Faivovich, Julián, Farooq, Harith, Ferguson, Adam W, Gippoliti, Spartaco, Gonçalves, Francisco M P, Gonzalez, Victor H, Greenbaum, Eli, Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A, Ineich, Ivan, Jiang, Jianping, Kahono, Sih, Kury, Adriano B, Lucinda, Paulo H F, Lynch, John D, Malécot, Valéry, Marques, Mariana P, Marris, John W M, Mckellar, Ryan C, Mendes, Luis F, Nihei, Silvio S, Nishikawa, Kanto, Ohler, Annemarie, Orrico, Victor G D, Ota, Hidetoshi, Paiva, Jorge, Parrinha, Diogo, Pauwels, Olivier S G, Pereyra, Martín O, Pestana, Lueji B, Pinheiro, Paulo D P, Prendini, Lorenzo, Prokop, Jakub, Rasmussen, Claus, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Rodríguez, Sara M, Salatnaya, Hearty, Sampaio, Íris, Sánchez-García, Alba, Shebl, Mohamed A, Santos, Bruna S, Solórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M, Sousa, Ana C A, Stoev, Pavel, Teta, Pablo, Trape, Jean-François, Dos Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Vink, Cor J, Vogel, Gernot, Wagner, Philipp, Wappler, Torsten, Ware, Jessica L, Wedmann, Sonja, Zacharie, Chifundera Kusamba·2021·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
DOI 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072
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Engel, Michael S, Ceríaco, Luis M P, Daniel, Gimo M, Dellapé, Pablo M, Löbl, Ivan, Marinov, Milen, Reis, Roberto E, Young, Mark T, Dubois, Alain, Agarwal, Ishan, Lehmann A., Pablo, Alvarado, Mabel, Alvarez, Nadir, Andreone, Franco, Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia, Ascher, John S, Baêta, Délio, Baldo, Diego, Bandeira, Suzana A, Barden, Phillip, Barrasso, Diego A, Bendifallah, Leila, Bockmann, Flávio A, Böhme, Wolfgang, Borkent, Art, Brandão, Carlos R F, Busack, Stephen D, Bybee, Seth M, Channing, Alan, Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, Christenhusz, Maarten J M, Crisci, Jorge V, D'elía, Guillermo, Da Costa, Luis M, Davis, Steven R, De Lucena, Carlos Alberto S, Deuve, Thierry, Fernandes Elizalde, Sara, Faivovich, Julián, Farooq, Harith, Ferguson, Adam W, Gippoliti, Spartaco, Gonçalves, Francisco M P, Gonzalez, Victor H, Greenbaum, Eli, Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A, Ineich, Ivan, Jiang, Jianping, Kahono, Sih, Kury, Adriano B, Lucinda, Paulo H F, Lynch, John D, Malécot, Valéry, Marques, Mariana P, Marris, John W M, Mckellar, Ryan C, Mendes, Luis F, Nihei, Silvio S, Nishikawa, Kanto, Ohler, Annemarie, Orrico, Victor G D, Ota, Hidetoshi, Paiva, Jorge, Parrinha, Diogo, Pauwels, Olivier S G, Pereyra, Martín O, Pestana, Lueji B, Pinheiro, Paulo D P, Prendini, Lorenzo, Prokop, Jakub, Rasmussen, Claus, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Rodríguez, Sara M, Salatnaya, Hearty, Sampaio, Íris, Sánchez-García, Alba, Shebl, Mohamed A, Santos, Bruna S, Solórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M, Sousa, Ana C A, Stoev, Pavel, Teta, Pablo, Trape, Jean-François, Dos Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem, Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Vink, Cor J, Vogel, Gernot, Wagner, Philipp, Wappler, Torsten, Ware, Jessica L, Wedmann, Sonja, Zacharie, Chifundera Kusamba (2021): EDITORIAL The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (2): 381-387, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/2/381/6374389

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  • Several additional confounding factors distort the actual impact patterns, such as paucity of data, taxonomic impediment, challenges for assessing and quantifying the actual impact of particular alien taxa, and weak inferential strength of evidence.

    “Furthermore, there are several additional confounding factors that distort the actual impact patterns, such as paucity of data (Ojaveer et al. 2015), taxonomic impediment (Engel et al. 2021), challenges for assessing and quantifying the actual impact of particular alien taxa (Carlton 2002; Simberloff 2011; Davidson and Hewitt 2014; Strayer et al. 2017), and weak infer”

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Engel, M. S., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Daniel, G. M., Dellapé, P. M., Löbl, I., Marinov, M., Reis, R. E., Young, M. T., Dubois, A., Agarwal, I., Lehmann A., P., Alvarado, M., Alvarez, N., Andreone, F., Araujo-Vieira, K., Ascher, J. S., Baêta, D., Baldo, D., Bandeira, S. A., Barden, P., Barrasso, D. A., Bendifallah, L., Bockmann, F. A., Böhme, W., Borkent, A., Brandão, C. R. F., Busack, S. D., Bybee, S. M., Channing, A., Chatzimanolis, S., Christenhusz, M. J. M., Crisci, J. V., D’elía, G., Da Costa, L. M., Davis, S. R., De Lucena, C. A. S., Deuve, T., Fernandes Elizalde, S., Faivovich, J., Farooq, H., Ferguson, A. W., Gippoliti, S., Gonçalves, F. M. P., Gonzalez, V. H., Greenbaum, E., Hinojosa-Díaz, I. A., Ineich, I., Jiang, J., Kahono, S., Kury, A. B., Lucinda, P. H. F., Lynch, J. D., Malécot, V., Marques, M. P., Marris, J. W. M., Mckellar, R. C., Mendes, L. F., Nihei, S. S., Nishikawa, K., Ohler, A., Orrico, V. G. D., Ota, H., Paiva, J., Parrinha, D., Pauwels, O. S. G., Pereyra, M. O., Pestana, L. B., Pinheiro, P. D. P., Prendini, L., Prokop, J., Rasmussen, C., Rödel, M.-O., Rodrigues, M. T., Rodríguez, S. M., Salatnaya, H., Sampaio, Í., Sánchez-García, A., Shebl, M. A., Santos, B. S., Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M., Sousa, A. C. A., Stoev, P., Teta, P., Trape, J.-F., Dos Santos, C. V.-D., Vasudevan, K., Vink, C. J., Vogel, G., Wagner, P., Wappler, T., Ware, J. L., Wedmann, S., & Zacharie, C. K.
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  • University of Kansas (US)
  • Universidade do Porto (PT)
  • National Museum (ZA)
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , Brazil
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
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  • Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Université de Genève , Geneva, Switzerland
  • Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali , Torino , Italy
  • Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP , Rio Claro, São Paulo , Brazil
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
  • Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação , Luanda , Angola
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (US)
  • University of Boumerdes (DZ)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
  • Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
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  • Brigham Young University (US)
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  • Curtin University (AU)
  • Universidad Nacional de La Plata (AR)
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  • Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa , Lisboa , Portugal
  • American Museum of Natural History (US)
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
  • Estrada da Tundavala , Lubango , Angola
  • University of Gothenburg (SE)
  • Field Museum of Natural History (US)
  • Società Italiana per la Storia della Fauna , Viale Liegi, Rome , Italy
  • Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (AO)
  • Undergraduate Biology Program & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, Kansas , USA
  • The University of Texas at El Paso (US)
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  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Indonesian Institute of Sciences (ID)
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  • Agrotechnology Study Program. Banau Tertiary Institute of Agricultural Enterprise , West Halmahera , Indonesia
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  • Suez Canal University (EG)
  • Department of Palaeontology and Historical Geology, Senckenberg Research Institute , Frankfurt am Main , Germany
  • Grutas da Moeda e Fátima Lda., São Mamede , Batalha , Portugal
  • National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , Sofia , Bulgaria
  • Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum (AR)
  • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (SN)
  • Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Agostinho Neto , Luanda , Angola
  • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (IN)
  • Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology (DE)
  • Allwetterzoo , Münster , Germany
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (DE)
  • Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
  • Laboratory of Herpetology, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, Centre of Research in Natural Sciences at Lwiro , South Kivu province , Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Marinov, Milen
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Venue
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2021-09-23
Volume
193
Issue
2
Pages
381-387
ISSN
  • 0024-4082 (ISSN-L)
  • 1096-3642
DOI
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072
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W3203900017
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409
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Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H03602)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
Keywords
taxonomic impediment, species inventory, species delimitation, DNA barcoding, molecular phylogeny, taxonomic databases, biodiversity informatics, biodiversity data interoperability, biodiversity data access

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