1996
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010099.x
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Invertebrate Morphospecies as Surrogates for Species: A Case Study

Abstract: Environmental monitoring and conservation evaluation in terrestrial habitats may be enhanced by the use of invertebrate inventories, but taxonomic and logistic constraints frequently encountered during conventional taxonomic treatment have greatly restricted their use. To overcome this problem we suggest that nonspecialists may be used to classify invertebrates to morphospecies without compromising scientific accuracy. To test this proposition, large pitfall and litter samples of ants, beetles, and spiders fro… Show more

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“…Species were initially sorted into morphospecies, a common practice in biodiversity studies which does not compromise scientific accuracy (see Oliver & Beattie, 1996) and has some clear advantages when expertise in all taxonomic groups is not available (Gaston, 1996a). The morphospecies were identified by one of us (P. Borges) and subsequently sent to several taxonomists for species identification (see Acknowledgements).…”
Section: Species Sorting and Identificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Species were initially sorted into morphospecies, a common practice in biodiversity studies which does not compromise scientific accuracy (see Oliver & Beattie, 1996) and has some clear advantages when expertise in all taxonomic groups is not available (Gaston, 1996a). The morphospecies were identified by one of us (P. Borges) and subsequently sent to several taxonomists for species identification (see Acknowledgements).…”
Section: Species Sorting and Identificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is a common practice in biodiversity studies and does not compromise scientific accuracy (see Oliver & Beattie, 1996). However, in this study we were able to identify most taxa to species (see Borges, 1997;Borges & Brown, 1999).…”
Section: Identification Of Arthropodsmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…The palm trees were climbed and the material present in the crown (organic matter, leaves and abandoned bird nests) was collected in plastic bags (Gurgel-Gonçalves et al 2003, 2004. The bags were taken to the laboratory, where the material was selected, sorting the arthropods by order and development stage (adult and immature) and later by family and by morphospecies, according to Oliver & Beattie (1996). The families were separated in categories of feeding guilds in agreement with Moran & Southwood (1982), and those categories were sorted in three wider guilds: predatory/ hematophagous, herbivorous/fungivorous and detritivorous/saprophagous.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%