The impact of taxonomic change on conservation: Does it kill, can it save, or is it just irrelevant?

Morrison, William R.; Lohr, J.L.; Duchen, Pablo; Wilches, R.; Trujillo, Delsy; Mair, M.; Renner, Susanne S.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.019

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“…This indicates the need for taxonomic reassessment and revision of this group and while such revisions are beyond the scope of this current study, we suggest that any taxonomic revisions take into account the species-level distinctiveness of S. arenicolus, despite its rendering S. graciosus paraphyletic (Kizirian & Donnelly 2004;Rieppel 2010). Conservation of S. arenicolus begins with proper identification of S. arenicolus and a stable taxonomy (Morrison et al 2009). The recent proposal by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list S. arenicolus as federally endangered led to public commentary and confusion among stakeholder groups about the accurate taxonomic identity of S. arenicolus as a species (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2010;2012).…”

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Review of the systematic status of <i>Sceloporus arenicolus</i> Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time

Chan

Archie²,

Yoder³

et al. 2013

Zootaxa

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The sagebrush lizards (Sceloporus graciosus group) consist of four taxa (S. graciosus graciosus, S. graciosus gracilis, S. graciosus vandenburgianus, and S. arenicolus) distributed in western North America. Of these, S. arenicolus is morphologically, behaviorally, and ecologically distinct as well as geographically disjunct from the other taxa, occurring only in the Mescalero-Monahans Sandhills of southeastern New Mexico and adjacent Texas. Sceloporus arenicolus is a taxon of concern because of its small range and habitat alteration due to land use practices. Understanding evolutionary relationships among members of the S. graciosus group, and especially S. arenicolus, has important implications for conservation. We examine the phylogenetic relationship of S. arenicolus relative to the three recognized subspecies of S. graciosus at mitochondrial and nuclear loci for populations sampled throughout the ranges of these taxa. Additionally, we estimate the divergence time and clade age of S. arenicolus. We find that the S. graciosus group is in need of major taxonomic revision, and also confirm that S. arenicolus is a genetically distinct and divergent lineage. These results bear important consequences for conservation and management.

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confidence: 81%

Review of the systematic status of <i>Sceloporus arenicolus</i> Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time

Chan

Archie²,

Yoder³

et al. 2013

Zootaxa

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“…Extracting meaningful information from specimens such as those generated by BCP will rely on forward-looking museum staff, resource managers, and researchers, but also on a diminishing number of systematists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Given the current level of taxonomic instability (Morrison et al 2009) across parasite taxon groups, such efforts will require sweeping species-level resolution of diversity. In most cases, this demands integration of molecular and morphological criteria (e.g., Makarikov et al 2013;Haukisalmi et al 2014Haukisalmi et al , 2016.…”

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The Beringian Coevolution Project: holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North

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The Beringian Coevolution Project (BCP), a field program underway in the high northern latitudes since 1999, has focused on building key scientific infrastructure for integrated specimen-based studies on mammals and their associated parasites. BCP has contributed new insights across temporal and spatial scales into how ancient climate and environmental change have shaped faunas, emphasizing processes of assembly, persistence, and diversification across the vast Beringian region. BCP collections also represent baseline records of biotic diversity from across the northern high latitudes at a time of accelerated environmental change. These specimens and associated data form an unmatched resource for identifying hidden diversity, interpreting past responses to climate oscillations, documenting contemporary conditions, and anticipating outcomes for complex biological systems in a regime of ecological perturbation. Because of its dual focus on hosts and parasites, the BCP record also provides a foundation for comparative analyses that can document the effects of dynamic change on the geographic distribution, transmission dynamics, and emergence of pathogens. By using specific examples from carnivores, eulipotyphlans, lagomorphs, rodents, ungulates, and their associated parasites, we demonstrate how broad, integrated field collections provide permanent infrastructure that informs policy decisions regarding human impact and the effect of climate change on natural populations.

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“…Further, the use of such data from organisms whose names are not recorded correctly in any and all later studies can be completely misleading or, in some instances, even scientifically dangerous (Morrison et al 2009; Prie et al 2012). Identifications of an organism and comparisons among groups of organisms can be truly meaningful and reliable only when there are one or more organisms in the study whose identity is beyond any possible doubt.…”

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Back to the future: cordycipitoid fungi in a postgenomic world

Humber

2017

Mycology

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The massive – but nearly uninterpretable – work of Kobayasi on Cordyceps species (many of which were illustrated gorgeously by D. Shimizu’s paintings) was made useful and modernised by the phylogenetically based reclassification by Gi-Ho Sung and others in 2007. The rejection of dual nomenclature in favour of the new standard for the names of pleomorphic fungi that allow only a single valid name for any one organism has resulted in uncertainties and confusions about what names should be used, and these doubts will certainly continue until at least the 2023 International Botanical Congress. Enough genomic and molecular information has now accumulated about so many of these cordycipitoid fungi, however, that it is appropriate to step back from the thermocyclers that now dominate so many biological laboratories to consider how these genomic findings may be used to advance our understanding of these fungi and their activities in the real world (as opposed to their genomic dissections in a thermocycler). Questions to be considered include how genomic information might help guide future research on such diverse issues as understanding the natural ecology of these fungi, the interactions of biotic and abiotic factors needed to initiate their sexual stages, and better clues about how to elicit the productions of a wide range of biologically active compounds known to be produced by cordycipitoid fungi.

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The impact of taxonomic change on conservation: Does it kill, can it save, or is it just irrelevant?

Cited by 111 publications

References 40 publications

Review of the systematic status of <i>Sceloporus arenicolus</i> Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time

Review of the systematic status of <i>Sceloporus arenicolus</i> Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time

The Beringian Coevolution Project: holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the North

Back to the future: cordycipitoid fungi in a postgenomic world

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