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Escalante, Tania, Michelle Farfán, Oscar Campos, et al. "Knowledge shortfalls and the effect of wildfires on biodiversity conservation in Guanajuato, Mexico." Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 95 (July 5, 2024): e955323. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5323.

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Knowledge of shortfalls could modify the geographic distribution patterns and limit the actions to conserve the biodiversity, even in the taxa best known. In addition, forest fires also could modify those patterns, but the potential effects of both factors have not been tested. Our aim was to analyze the effect of the Linnean and Wallacean shortfalls in the first evaluation of wildfire impacts on 22 amphibian and 13 mammal species distributed in Guanajuato, Mexico. We evaluated those shortfalls using the non-parametric estimator Chao2 and the Qs estimator and through maps of species richness p

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DEEPAK, P., K. P. DINESH, VISHAL KUMAR PRASAD, ABHIJIT DAS, and J. S. ASHADEVI. "Distribution status of the Western Burrowing Frog, Sphaerotheca pashchima in India." Zootaxa 4894, no. 1 (2020): 146–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.10.

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In a recent study, Hortal et al. (2015) recognized seven shortfalls of knowledge that hamper our understanding of biodiversity. Three of these are of particular importance for drawing conservation strategies for ecological indicator species, among which we can count the amphibians (Simon et al. 2011): the Linnean shortfall describes ‘the knowledge incongruity between the described species and the remaining species yet to be described’ (Brown & Lomolino 1998); the Wallacean shortfall defines ‘paucity of knowledge about the actual distribution range of the species’ (Lomolino 2004); and the D

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Hortal, Joaquín, Francesco de Bello, José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Jorge M. Lobo, and Richard J. Ladle. "Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity." Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 46, no. 1 (2015): 523–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054400.

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Oliveira, Ubirajara, Adriano Pereira Paglia, Antonio D. Brescovit, et al. "The strong influence of collection bias on biodiversity knowledge shortfalls of Brazilian terrestrial biodiversity." Diversity and Distributions 22, no. 12 (2016): 1232–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12489.

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Pertierra, L. R., P. Convey, A. Barbosa, et al. "Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity." Science 387, no. 6734 (2025): 609–15. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk2118.

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Antarctica harbors many distinctive features of life, yet much about the diversity and functioning of Antarctica’s life remains unknown. Evolutionary histories and functional ecology are well understood only for vertebrates, whereas research on invertebrates is largely limited to species descriptions and some studies on environmental tolerances. Knowledge on Antarctic vegetation cover showcases the challenges of characterizing population trends for most groups. Recent community-level microbial studies have provided insights into the functioning of life at its limits. Overall, biotic interactio

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Pertierra, L. R., P. Convey, A. Barbosa, et al. "Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity." Science 387, no. 6734 (2025): 609–15. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk2118.

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Pertierra, L. R., Convey, P., Barbosa, A., Biersma, E. M., Cowan, D., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., de los Ríos, A., Escribano-Álvarez, P., Fraser, C. I., Fontaneto, D., Greve, M., Griffiths, H. J., Harris, M., Hughes, K. A., Lynch, H. J., Ladle, R. J., Liu, X. P., le Roux, P. C., Majewska, R., Molina-Montenegro, M. A., Peck, L. S., Quesada, A., Ronquillo, C., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Sancho, L. G., Terauds, A., Varliero, G., Vianna, J. A., Wilmotte, A., Chown, S. L., Olalla-Tárraga, M. Á., Hortal, J. (2025): Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Scienc

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Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, Fábio Batagini Quinteiro, Rodolfo Mariano, and Luiz Carlos Pinho. "Prof. Dr. Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, a naturalistic legacy overcoming the biodiversity knowledge shortfalls." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 67 (May 24, 2024): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2023-0107.

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Calor, Adolfo Ricardo, Quinteiro, Fábio Batagini, Mariano, Rodolfo, Pinho, Luiz Carlos (2023): Prof. Dr. Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, a naturalistic legacy overcoming the biodiversity knowledge shortfalls. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e20230107) 67: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2023-0107, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2023-0107

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Bini, Luis Mauricio, Jose Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho, Thiago F. L. V. B. Rangel, Rogerio Pereira Bastos, and Miriam Plaza Pinto. "Challenging Wallacean and Linnean shortfalls: knowledge gradients and conservation planning in a biodiversity hotspot." Diversity Distributions 12, no. 5 (2006): 475–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00286.x.

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PABLO-CEA, JOSÉ D., RAFAEL CERÓN-GÓMEZ, ELIZABETH ALFARO, and JÜRGEN WIESNER. "Checklist and distribution of Carabidae Latreille, 1802 and Cicindelidae Latreille, 1802 (Insecta: Coleoptera) of El Salvador." Zootaxa 5536, no. 1 (2024): 99–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.3.

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A paucity of knowledge regarding species distribution is one of the main shortfalls in large-scale biodiversity studies. This shortfall results in distribution maps of species that largely reflect sampling effort. Ground beetles (Carabidae) and tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) are among the most diverse and conspicuous families within the Order Coleoptera. However, no previous studies of these families have been published for El Salvador. Based on a literature revision, field work, and several entomological collections, the present article aims to describe the current state of knowledge of Carabid

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Ballesteros, Mejia Liliana, Rodolphe Rougerie, ACTIAS Consortium, and Sujeevan Ratnasingham. "WF.ACTIAS: A workflow for a better integration of biodiversity data from diverse sources." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3 (June 18, 2019): e37139. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37139.

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Our knowledge of global biodiversity remains incomplete and beset by knowledge shortfalls affecting both the census of species (i.e. the Linnean shortfall) and our understanding of their distributions (i.e. the Wallacean shortfall; Hortal et al. 2015). While alarming rates of species extinction have been reported in most groups of organisms, our capacity to assess extinction threats is limited by these shortfalls and it has become imperative to optimize our use of existing information for the analyses of biodiversity data. There are two major challenges when integrating biodiversity data from

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Carr, Hannah, Marina Abas, Loubna Boutahar, et al. "The Aichi Biodiversity Targets: achievements for marine conservation and priorities beyond 2020." PeerJ 8 (December 21, 2020): e9743. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9743.

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In 2010 the Conference of the Parties (COP) for the Convention on Biological Diversity revised and updated a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, which included the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Here a group of early career researchers mentored by senior scientists, convened as part of the 4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, reflects on the accomplishments and shortfalls under four of the Aichi Targets considered highly relevant to marine conservation: target 6 (sustainable fisheries), 11 (protection measures), 15 (ecosystem restoration and resilience) and 19 (knowledge, science a

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SAAVEDRA, ALJOHN JAY L., KIER MITCHEL E. PITOGO, and RONNY BOOS. "A new species of Pinalia (Orchidaceae) with bell-shaped flowers from the mossy forest of southern Mindanao, Philippines." Phytotaxa 626, no. 2 (2023): 93–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.626.2.2.

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We present the first orchid species described from the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area (KBA 196) in southern Mindanao, Philippines. The new species was discovered growing on moss-covered tree trunks in the upper montane forest. It is primarily distinguished among the genus Pinalia by its very short inflorescence that bears few, closely spaced and relatively large campanulate flowers with trilobed, weakly keeled labellum and a dentate callus on disc. The discovery of this species brings the total number of Pinalia in the Philippines to 39. More importantly, it highlights the need for more fiel

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Stoch, Fabio, and Jean-François Flot. "Overcoming shortfalls and impediments in subterranean biology: a challenge for the future." ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5 (July 14, 2022): e90209. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e90209.

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Since the discovery and description of the first specialized cave species, subterranean fauna stimulated the scientific research of several generations of speleobiologists especially after the publication of Racovitza's classification of cave species, which is still used today, amended for non-karstic areas and groundwaters. More than 28,000 obligate subterranean species are known worldwide; however, these figures are likely to be underestimated since species richness is highly correlated with research effort (Stoch and Galassi 2010). Subterranean ecosystems are very rich in strict endemic spe

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Mateo‐Tomás, Patricia, Pedro P. Olea, José Vicente López‐Bao, and Tien Ming Lee. "Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health." Journal of Applied Ecology 56, no. 7 (2019): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412124.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective protection of biodiversity. We illustrate the necessity of monitoring and improving such enforcement and integration through the example of the European sanitary policies for managing livestock carcasses after the "mad cow disease" outbreak while supporting scavengers' conservation. Continuous updates of EU sanitary regulations for reconciling scavenger conservation and public health have

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Gusmão, Almério Câmara, Jôine Cariele Evangelista-Vale, João Carlos Pires-Oliveira, Adrian A. Barnett, and Odair Diogo da Silva. "New records and modelling the impacts of climate change on the black-tailed marmosets." PLOS ONE 16, no. 9 (2021): e0256270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256270.

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Climate change represents an unprecedented threat to global biodiversity and, for many species, gaps in our knowledge of their biology remain acute. Gaps in baseline knowledge, such as confirmed identifications (Linnean shortfalls) and adequate collections (Wallacean shortfalls), need to be minimized with new studies, since this is often critical for effective conservation. Despite the increase in scientific research on primates in the southwest of the Brazilian Amazon, little is known about the species Mico nigriceps (Ferrari & Lopes, 1992) Primates, Platirryni. In the current study, we s

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GIPPOLITI, SPARTACO, and COLIN P. GROVES. "Overlooked mammal diversity and conservation priorities in Italy: Impacts of taxonomic neglect on a Biodiversity Hotspot in Europe." Zootaxa 4434, no. 3 (2018): 511. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.7.

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For more than half a century, little taxonomic revisionary work has been directed towards extant European mammals so that the limits of most geographically widespread polytypic species remained scientifically untested. Occasionally, taxonomic changes have been proposed and several new species have been resurrected / discovered in the last decades mainly on the basis of genetic studies, often considered the only tool to establish objective species boundaries. Nevertheless, the precise details of species boundaries, subspecific variation and phylogenetic relationships remain unknown for several

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Castro-Souza, Rodrigo Antônio, Juliana Stropp, Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta, et al. "Mapping the status of global taxonomic knowledge of Orthoptera (Arthropoda, Insecta)." Frontiers of Biogeography 18 (May 13, 2025): e145455. https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.18.145455.

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The status of taxonomic knowledge varies across the Globe. Quantifying and mapping the geographic patterns of taxonomic status is essential to prioritise regions that require greater attention from the taxonomic community. Here, we compiled all valid orthopteran species names and their synonyms, extracted from the Catalogue of Life (CoL) and allocated them geographically, based on data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the Orthoptera Species File (OSF). This allowed us to create measures of taxonomic effort, based on the date of species descriptions and the number of

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Vaidya, Gaurav, Hilmar Lapp, and Nico Cellinese. "Enabling Machines to Integrate Biodiversity Data with Evolutionary Knowledge." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4 (October 2, 2020): e59088. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.59088.

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Most biological data and knowledge are directly or indirectly linked to biological taxa via taxon names. Using taxon names is one of the most fundamental and ubiquitous ways in which a wide range of biological data are integrated, aggregated, and indexed, from genomic and microbial diversity to macro-ecological data. To this day, the names used, as well as most methods and resources developed for this purpose, are drawn from Linnaean nomenclature. This leads to numerous problems when applied to data-intensive science that depends on computation to take full advantage of the vast – and rapidly

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Delabye, Sylvain, Rodolphe Rougerie, Sandrine Bayendi, et al. "Characterization and comparison of poorly known moth communities through DNA barcoding in two Afrotropical environments in Gabon." Genome 62, no. 3 (2019): 96–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0063.

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Biodiversity research in tropical ecosystems—popularized as the most biodiverse habitats on Earth—often neglects invertebrates, yet invertebrates represent the bulk of local species richness. Insect communities in particular remain strongly impeded by both Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls, and identifying species often remains a formidable challenge inhibiting the use of these organisms as indicators for ecological and conservation studies. Here we use DNA barcoding as an alternative to the traditional taxonomic approach for characterizing and comparing the diversity of moth communities in tw

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Zamani, Alireza, Varpu Vahtera, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, and Leonardo S. Carvalho. "The Effect of Sampling Bias on Evaluating the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Iranian Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)." Diversity 15, no. 1 (2022): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15010022.

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Although spiders constitute a highly diversified group of animals, the knowledge regarding their geographic distribution (i.e., the so-called Wallacean shortfall) and diversity patterns is incipient on a global scale; while attempts to explore such patterns have been made for the highly diversified Neotropical fauna, several Old World regions are historically neglected. Aiming to close this gap, the present study provides the most comprehensive review of spatial variation in the diversity patterns of the spider fauna of Iran. We also examined the effects of sampling biases on the results. We g

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van der Mescht, Aileen C., Charles R. Haddad, Stefan H. Foord, and Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman. "Completing the web: identifying sampling bias and knowledge gaps within South African spider surveys (Arachnida, Araneae)." African Invertebrates 65, no. 2 (2024): 223–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138881.

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Species distribution datasets are fundamental for macroecological studies, although there is an overarching need to ensure that these datasets are representative of the entire community. Shortfalls, or knowledge gaps, within biodiversity datasets originate for a range of reasons, and can lead to incorrect conclusions or recommendations being drawn. Spatial scale influences the interpretations of diversity patterns and thus is an important aspect to consider. South Africa has a rich history of spider sampling and as such, it is possible to investigate the influence that scale, both spatial and

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van, der Mescht Aileen C., Charles R. Haddad, Stefan H. Foord, and Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman. "Completing the web: identifying sampling bias and knowledge gaps within South African spider surveys (Arachnida, Araneae)." African Invertebrates 65, no. (2) (2024): 223–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138881.

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Species distribution datasets are fundamental for macroecological studies, although there is an overarching need to ensure that these datasets are representative of the entire community. Shortfalls, or knowledge gaps, within biodiversity datasets originate for a range of reasons, and can lead to incorrect conclusions or recommendations being drawn. Spatial scale influences the interpretations of diversity patterns and thus is an important aspect to consider. South Africa has a rich history of spider sampling and as such, it is possible to investigate the influence that scale, both spatial and

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LIMA, DANIEL MOURA, JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL, RENATO ALMEIDA DE AZEVEDO, and ALBERTO MOREIRA DA SILVA-NETO. "New species, records and variations in free-living lice Dolabellopsocus Eertmoed, 1973 (Psocodea: Dolabellopsocidae) from Brazilian Amazon Basin." Journal of Insect Biodiversity 64, no. 2 (2025): 31–47. https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2025.64.2.1.

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Dolabellopsocus Eertmoed, 1973, is the most species-rich genus within the Dolabellopsocidae, comprising 24 species distributed across Central and South America. Recent collections from Central Amazonia, near Manaus, yielded male and female specimens belonging to the Dolabellopsocidae, including Dolabellopsocus similis Mockford, 1991, previously recorded only in Roraima, Brazil, and Colombia. This study presents a new record of D. similis in Amazonas State and it provides an updated diagnosis and redescription of the species, highlighting morphological variations, particularly in wing structure

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LAMELAS-LÓPEZ, LUCAS, PEDRO MIGUEL RAPOSEIRO, PAULO A. V. BORGES, and MARGARITA FLORENCIO. "Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status." Zootaxa 4353, no. 1 (2017): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7.

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In comparison with other Macaronesian archipelagos, Azorean freshwater macroinvertebrates are characterized by a smaller list of species at the archipelago regional scale. Although knowledge of the freshwater fauna of the Azores has improved in recent years through the implementation of the "Water Framework Directive", we are still far from having a complete inventory and even further from knowing the precise distribution and biology of each species. The lack of knowledge about Azorean freshwater species is coupled with the vulnerability of their habitats to anthropogenic disturbances and the

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NETO, PEDRO BONFÁ, ALBANE VILARINO, and FREDERICO F. SALLES. "Brevitentoria Weaver 1984 (Trichoptera: Integripalpia) of Espírito Santo State, Brazil: New records and new species." Zootaxa 5336, no. 3 (2023): 301–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.1.

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In Brazil, about 900 species of Trichoptera have been recorded, with some species in all Brazilian states. Nevertheless, the collection effort is unequal, with several under-sampled regions. Despite being located entirely within the Atlantic Forest ecoregion, a hotspot of biodiversity, Espírito Santo State has a low known caddisfly richness when compared to nearby areas in the same ecoregion, especially for the infraorder Brevitentoria. This suggests the existence of a Trichoptera biodiversity knowledge gap. Aiming to overcome these taxonomic and distributional shortfalls, we performed a compr

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Lussu, Michele, Michela Marignani, Roberta Lai, Maria Cecilia Loi, Annalena Cogoni, and Pierluigi Cortis. "A Synopsis of Sardinian Studies: Why Is it Important to Work on Island Orchids?" Plants 9, no. 7 (2020): 853. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9070853.

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Biological and ecological investigations of islands are crucial to explain ecosystem functioning. Many studies on island biodiversity are carried out on oceanic islands. In contrast, information on continental islands, such as those in the Mediterranean Sea, is very often fragmented in space and time. Here, a synopsis of the Orchidaceae of Sardinia is presented based on literature surveys and recent botanical field studies. Our final list comprises of 64 species and 14 genera: thirteen species and subspecies were recognized as endemic and four new species were recorded for the flora of the isl

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Amorim, Eduardo T., Neto Luiz Menini, and Andrea Luizi-Ponzo. "An overview of richness and distribution of mosses in Brazil." Plant Ecology and Evolution 154, no. (2) (2021): 183–91. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2021.1635.

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<b>Background and aims</b> – Mosses comprise avascular terrestrial plants whose relationship with other plant lineages is not yet fully understood. These plants have a worldwide distribution, but gaps in their distribution have not yet been clarified for Brazil. Based on a large database, compiled from different sources, we present an overview of the moss distribution in Brazil in order to assess the species richness in different areas, as well as the factors that interfere with this distribution.<b>Material and methods</b> – The study area corresponds to the whole Brazilian territory. We coll

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Vicente, Ricardo Eduardo, Jorge Luiz Pereira Souza, and Lívia Pires do Prado. "Capixaba ant species inventory is far from complete: A local scale assessment of the ants (Formicidae) reveals the importance of diversity studies and entomological collections." Sociobiology 70, no. 2 (2023): e9601. http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v70i2.9601.

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The Atlantic Forest is the third largest biome in Brazil, the most sampled, and has the second highest diversity of ant species described. However, these data are spatially very heterogeneous, with the central region of the Atlantic Forest being better sampled. There is a visible gap from the south of Bahia to the north of Rio de Janeiro, comprising the entire state of Espírito Santo. Knowing this biodiversity gap, in this work, we list the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Coleção Entomológica of the Reserva Natural Vale (CERNV), located in the municipality of Linhares, Esp

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Neves, Isabel, Maria da Luz Mathias, and Cristiane Bastos-Silveira. "Sharing the Decision Process Framework to Identify Well-supported Records of Mammal Species-occurrence in Mozambique." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3 (June 18, 2019): e35265. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.35265.

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Conservation research and policies tend to be significantly restricted wherever relevant data on biodiversity is sparse, scattered or non-curated. Thus, the usefulness of occurrence data, for the study of biodiversity, depends not only on the availability but also on data quality. Notwithstanding the increase in the global availability of primary biodiversity data, they have numerous shortfalls, from incomplete or partially erroneous documentation to spatial and temporal biases (Hortal et al. 2015, Aubry et al. 2017). Also, many non-digitized specimen collections, scientific publications and g

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Magesa, Augustino Emmanuel, Gosbert Lukenku Shausi, Devotha Baltazary Mosha, and Deogratias Frederick Rutatora. "Agroecological Practices and Extension Services in the Mixed Farming System of Tanzania: A Review of Related Policies." East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology 8, no. 1 (2025): 195–210. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajab.8.1.2882.

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Agroecological practices are increasingly recognized globally for their capacity to enhance the sustainability, resilience, and productivity of agricultural systems, particularly in mixed farming systems prevalent in developing countries like Tanzania. Grounded in principles of biodiversity, ecological balance, and socio-economic equity, agroecology provides a transformative pathway for sustainable agricultural development. This review employs qualitative content analysis and comparative policy analysis to critically assess policy frameworks at the global, regional (e.g., African Union’s Agend

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Halmschlag, Caitriona Brady, Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura, Fabian Brambach, Iskandar Z. Siregar, and Oliver Gailing. "Molecular and morphological survey of Lamiaceae species in converted landscapes in Sumatra." PLOS ONE 17, no. 12 (2022): e0277749. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277749.

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Molecular biodiversity surveys have been increasingly applied in hyperdiverse tropical regions as an efficient tool for rapid species assessment of partially undiscovered fauna and flora. This is done by overcoming shortfalls in knowledge or availability of reproductive structures during the sampling period, which often represents a bottleneck for accurate specimens’ identification. DNA sequencing technology is intensifying species discovery, and in combination with morphological identification, has been filling gaps in taxonomic knowledge and facilitating species inventories of tropical ecosy

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Costa, Ricardo, and Paulo Borges. "SLAM Project - Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: I - the spiders from native forests of Terceira and Pico Islands (2012-2019)." Biodiversity Data Journal 9 (September 1, 2021): e69924. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69924.

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Long-term monitoring of invertebrate communities is needed to understand the impact of key biodiversity erosion drivers on the biodiversity of these high diverse organisms.The data we present is part of the long-term project SLAM (Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores) that started in 2012, that aims to understand the impact of biodiversity erosion drivers on Azorean native forests (Azores, Macaronesia, Portugal). In this contribution, the design of the project, its objectives and the first available data for the spider fauna of two islands

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SANTOS, ALLAN PAULO MOREIRA, RAQUEL ALMEIDA MARQUES, ANA LUCIA HENRIQUES-OLIVEIRA, ANDRÉ ALMEIDA ALVES, and LEANDRO LOURENÇO DUMAS. "The caddisflies from Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the description of two new species of Ochrotrichia Mosely (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Ochrotrichiinae)." Zootaxa 5182, no. 6 (2022): 501–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.6.1.

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The Serra dos Órgãos National Park (PARNASO) is a federal conservation unit located in Rio de Janeiro State, within the Atlantic Forest biome. This biome is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots and has high diversity and endemism of caddisfly taxa. Here, we present a checklist of caddisflies from PARNASO, including the description of two new species of Ochrotrichia Mosely (Hydroptilidae). Ochrotrichia sino sp. nov. and Ochrotrichia papel sp. nov. are assigned to the O. aldama Species Group due to the divided tergum X in male genitalia, although in the first one tergum X is not simple as in

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Anderson, Robert, and Christopher Majka. "Biodiversity and biosystematic research in a brave new 21st century information-technology world." ZooKeys 22, no. 22 (2009): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.22.222.

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A variety of challenges to biodiversity and biosystematics research are discussed. Despite escalating estimates of the biodiversity of the planet, resources being devoted to advance this knowledge have been in decline. Despite the proliferation of information technologies, the focus of knowledge has frequently shifted to making information readily available, rather than generating new information. The principles of authorial responsibility and of explicit documentation of knowledge are under siege. The shortfall of investment in training, research, and collections management (the ''taxonomic d

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Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, and Laura Pañinao Monsálvez. "First record of Myopa metallica Camras, 1992 (Diptera: Conopidae: Myopinae) in Northern Chile after 46 years: A case study of the success of citizen science programs." Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5, no. 13 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.12976/jib/2017.5.13.

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The Wallacean shortfall is one of the most important problems regarding our knowledge of where and how to protect biodiversity. Citizen science programs can help fill this shortfall. A new record of the rare thick-head fly Myopa metallica Camras, 1992 is reported by a citizen science program from the Atacama desert after 46 years without new data and represents the second worldwide individual recorded of the species. We discuss the key role of the citizen science in the collection of new data on occurrence for rare and poorly known species.

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Melo Araújo, Sâmia Caroline, Karoline Ceron, and Thaís B. Guedes. "Use of geospatial analyses to address snakebite hotspots in mid-northern Brazil – A direction to health planning in shortfall biodiversity knowledge areas." Toxicon 213 (July 2022): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2022.03.012.

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Rodríguez-Rey, Marta, and Gaël Grenouillet. "Disentangling the Drivers of the Sampling Bias of Freshwater Fish across Europe." Fishes 7, no. 6 (2022): 383. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fishes7060383.

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The Wallacean shortfall refers to the knowledge gap in biodiversity distributions. There is still limited knowledge for freshwater fish species despite the importance of focusing conservation efforts towards this group due to their alarming extinction risk and the increasing human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. Here, we addressed the Wallacean shortfall for freshwater fish faunas across Europe by using the completeness indicator derived from species accumulation curves to quantify the fish sampling efforts. The multiple potential drivers of completeness that were previously related to the

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PINTO, MÍRIAM PLAZA, and CARLOS EDUARDO VIVEIROS GRELLE. "Minimizing conservation conflict for endemic primate species in Atlantic forest and uncovering knowledge bias." Environmental Conservation 39, no. 1 (2011): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892911000440.

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SUMMARYHuman population is a predictor of mammal extinction risk, an indicator of conservation conflict and habitat conversion, and is thus associated with the threats to primate species. Priority areas that represent endemic primates in Atlantic Forest were identified where all counties had the same cost or where the costs of counties varied according to human population size (HPS); networks for both approaches consisted of nine counties. In the networks without human constraint, the average HPS was not higher than expected by chance alone. In the approach with human population constraint, HP

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Goldenberg, Renato, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Lidyanne Y. S. Aona, and André M. Amorim. "Angiosperms and the Linnean shortfall: three new species from three lineages of Melastomataceae at one spot at the Atlantic Forest." PeerJ 4 (March 21, 2016): e1824. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1824.

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Three new species of Angiosperms have been found in four short collection trips to the same protected reserve—“Estação Ecológica Estadual de Wenceslau Guimarães”—and neighboring areas in the Atlantic Forest in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. These new species belong to three genera from three distinct lineages in the family Melastomataceae:Huberia,MerianiaandPhyseterostemon. The description of these species represent a good example of a Linnean shortfall, i.e., the absence of basic knowledge about the biodiversity in the area, as well as in tropical forests as a whole. The descripti

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Platania, Leonardo, and Jesús Gómez-Zurita. "Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia." ZooKeys 1177 (August 30, 2023): 41–55. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293.

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The Eumolpinae leaf beetles of New Caledonia are very diverse, but our knowledge about their diversity is still incomplete. Following a renewed interest in the group in the last two decades, there has been an exponential increase in the number of species described, with species descriptions and taxonomic reassessment ongoing. In this work, the catalogue of New Caledonian Eumolpinae is updated, incorporating all these recent changes, and also indicating the collection where type specimens are currently available. The updated catalogue includes 120 species in 13 genera, and more additions and ta

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Boyd, Spencer H., K. Denise Kendall Niemiller, Katherine E. Dooley, Jennifer Nix, and Matthew L. Niemiller. "Using environmental DNA methods to survey for rare groundwater fauna: Detection of an endangered endemic cave crayfish in northern Alabama." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (2020): e0242741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242741.

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The conservation and management of subterranean biodiversity is hindered by a lack of knowledge on the true distributions for many species, e.g., the Wallacean shortfall. In recent years, several studies have demonstrated the potential of environmental DNA (eDNA) as an effective approach to detect and monitor biodiversity, including rare, threatened, and endangered taxa. However, there are few eDNA studies of groundwater fauna. Here we report the results of the development and implementation of an eDNA assay targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial CO1 locus of a critically imperiled ca

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Ronquillo, Cristina, Fernanda Alves-Martins, Vicente Mazimpaka, et al. "Assessing spatial and temporal biases and gaps in the publicly available distributional information of Iberian mosses." Biodiversity Data Journal 8 (September 15, 2020): e53474. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e53474.

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One of the most valuable initiatives on massive availability of biodiversity data is the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, which is creating new opportunities to develop and test macroecological knowledge. However, the potential uses of these data are limited by the gaps and biases associated to large-scale distributional databases (the so-called Wallacean shortfall). Describing and quantifying these limitations are essential to improve knowledge on biodiversity, especially in poorly-studied groups, such as mosses. Here we assess the coverage of the publicly-available distributional in

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Scott-Brown, Alison, and Hauke Koch. "New directions in pollinator research: diversity, conflict and response to global change." Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 4, no. 1 (2020): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/etls20200123.

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Interactions between pollinators and their plant hosts are central to maintaining global biodiversity and ensuring our food security. In this special issue, we compile reviews that summarize existing knowledge and point out key outstanding research areas to understand and safeguard pollinators, pollinators–host plant interactions and the pollination ecosystem services they provide. The vast diversity of the pollinator–plant interactions that exists on this planet still remains poorly explored, with many being associations involving a specialist pollinator partner, although historically most fo

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Cerrejón, Carlos, Osvaldo Valeria, Jesús Muñoz, and Nicole J. Fenton. "Small but visible: Predicting rare bryophyte distribution and richness patterns using remote sensing-based ensembles of small models." PLOS ONE 17, no. 1 (2022): e0260543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260543.

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In Canadian boreal forests, bryophytes represent an essential component of biodiversity and play a significant role in ecosystem functioning. Despite their ecological importance and sensitivity to disturbances, bryophytes are overlooked in conservation strategies due to knowledge gaps on their distribution, which is known as the Wallacean shortfall. Rare species deserve priority attention in conservation as they are at a high risk of extinction. This study aims to elaborate predictive models of rare bryophyte species in Canadian boreal forests using remote sensing-derived predictors in an Ense

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Nakamura, Gabriel, Leonardo Carlos Jeronimo Corvalán, Laura Barreto Paula-Souza, et al. "Darwinian shortfall and macroecological patterns in genetic data of Tocantins-Araguaia basin fishes." Neotropical Ichthyology 23, no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0047.

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Abstract Genetic information is crucial for species identification, population genetics structure, evolutionary relationships, and biodiversity monitoring. It helps address biodiversity gaps related to Linnean (taxonomic uncertainty) and Darwinian (phylogenetic knowledge) shortfalls. Understanding these gaps can guide data collection to reduce these shortfalls. This study focuses on compiling genetic data for 748 fish species in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin, examining the number of unique genomic regions and the individual regions sampled per species. We also investigated the factors that dete

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