Towards a global list of accepted species II.: Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance

Scott A. Thomson; Kevin Thiele; Stijn Conix; Les Christidis; Mark John Costello; Donald Hobern; Svetlana Nikolaeva; Richard L. Pyle; Peter Paul van Dijk; Haylee Weaver; Frank E. Zachos; Zhi Qiang Zhang; Stephen T. Garnett

doi:10.1007/s13127-021-00518-8

Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance

Scott A. Thomson, Kevin Thiele, Stijn Conix, Les Christidis, Mark John Costello, Donald Hobern, Svetlana Nikolaeva, Richard L. Pyle, Peter Paul van Dijk, Haylee Weaver, Frank E. Zachos, Zhi Qiang Zhang, Stephen T. Garnett

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Species lists are widely used in legislation and regulation to manage and conserve biodiversity. In this paper, we explore the issues caused by the lack of an adequately governed and universally accepted list of the world’s species. These include lack of quality control, duplicated effort, conflicts of interest, lack of currency, and confusion in the scientific use of taxonomic information. If species lists are to fulfill their role efficiently, then the governance systems underlying their creation must keep pace. Fortunately, modernization of species list governance is now possible as a result of advances in biodiversity informatics and two decades of experience working to create the backbone of a global species list.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	623-630
Number of pages	8
Journal	Organisms Diversity and Evolution
Volume	21
Issue number	4
Early online date	Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00518-8
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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This paper is one of a series published by the IUBS Working Group on the Governance of Taxonomic Lists. We are grateful for the funding and support from the International Union of Biological Sciences and its Executive Officer Nathalie Fomproix, and the administration of the grant by Roanne Ramsey (Charles Darwin University). This paper has benefited greatly from discussions with all members of the Working Group, including those not listed as co-authors. S. Nikolaeva is supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program. Stijn Conix gratefully acknowledges the funding from the Research Council Flanders (FWO; Grant 3H200026).

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Thomson, S. A., Thiele, K., Conix, S., Christidis, L., Costello, M. J., Hobern, D., Nikolaeva, S., Pyle, R. L., van Dijk, P. P., Weaver, H., Zachos, F. E., Zhang, Z. Q., & Garnett, S. T. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 21(4), 623-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00518-8

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