Baker, TR, Pennington, RT, Dexter, KG et al. (17 more authors) (2017) Maximising Synergy among Tropical Plant Systematists, Ecologists, and Evolutionary Biologists. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (4). pp. 258-267. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
Closer collaboration among ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists working in tropical forests, centred on studies within long-term permanent plots, would be highly beneficial for their respective fields. With a key unifying theme of the importance of vouchered collection and precise identification of species, especially rare ones, we identify four priority areas where improving links between these communities could achieve significant progress in biodiversity and conservation science: (i) increasing the pace of species discovery; (ii) documenting species turnover across space and time; (iii) improving models of ecosystem change; and (iv) understanding the evolutionary assembly of communities and biomes.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2017 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2020 16:19 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier (Cell Press) |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112468 |