Macroecological links between the Linnean, Wallacean, and Darwinian shortfalls

Frontiers of Biogeography

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Jose Alexandre F. Diniz Filho¹  Lucas Jardim²  Jhonny J.M. Guedes³  Leila Meyer⁴  Juliana Stropp⁵  Livia Estéfane Fernandes Frateles³  Rafael B. Pinto⁶  LucíDa G. Lohmann⁷  Geiziane Tessarolo³  Claudio J.B. de Carvalho⁹  Richard J. Ladle^1,10  Joaquin Hortal⁵ 

[1] Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás;Laboratório de Macroecologia, Universidade Federal de Jataí;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais;Department of Biogeography and Global Change;Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás;Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo;Departamento de Biogeografia e Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Estadual de Goiás;Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná;Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas;CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto;BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão

关键词: biodiversity bias;    Darwinian shortfall;    diversity gradients;    knowledge shortfalls;    latitudinal taxonomy gradient;    Linnean shortfall;    macroecology;    uncertainty;    species diversity;    Wallacean shortfall;   

DOI  :  10.21425/F5FBG59566

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: International Biogeography Society

【 摘 要 】

Species are the currency of most biodiversity studies. However, many shortfalls and biases remain in our biodiversity estimates, preventing a comprehensive understanding of the eco-evolutionary processes that have shaped the biodiversity currently available on Earth. Biased biodiversity estimates also jeopardize the effective implementation of data-driven conservation strategies, ultimately leading to biodiversity loss. Here, we delve into the concept of the Latitudinal Taxonomy Gradient (LTG) and show how this new idea provides an interesting conceptual link between the Linnean (i.e., our ignorance of how many species there are on Earth), Darwinian (i.e., our ignorance of species evolutionary relationships), and Wallacean (i.e., our ignorance on species distribution) shortfalls. More specifically, we contribute to an improved understanding of LTGs and establish the basis for the development of new methods that allow us to: (i) better account for the integration between different shortfalls and, (ii) estimate how these interactions may affect our understanding about the evolutionary components of richness gradients at macroecological scales.

【 授权许可】

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