Some people despair that most species will go extinct before they are discovered. However,
such worries result from overestimates of how many species may exist, beliefs that the …

Fungal taxonomy and ecology have been revolutionized by the application of molecular
methods and both have increasing connections to genomics and functional biology …

DNA phylogenetic comparisons have shown that morphology-based species recognition
often underestimates fungal diversity. Therefore, the need for accurate DNA sequence data …

This article introduces a package that provides interactive and programmatic access to the
FishBase repository. This package allows interaction with data on over 30 000 fish species …

Predicting species geographic distributions in the future is an important yet exceptionally
challenging endeavor. Overall, it requires a two‐step process:(1) a niche model …

The uncertainty or the provisional status of a taxonomic identification can be expressed by a
set of terms and abbreviations known as Open Nomenclature (ON) qualifiers. This approach …

Abstract The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL, http://eol. org) aims to provide unprecedented
global access to a broad range of information about life on Earth. It currently contains 3.5 …

Concerns over data quality impede the use of public biodiversity databases and subsequent
benefits to society. Data publication could follow the well-established publication process …

Natural disasters often result in fatalities, injuries, diseases and other negative physical and
mental health effects. Indirectly, disasters can result in social grievances and resource …

In spite of the growth of molecular ecology, systematics and next-generation sequencing, the
discovery and analysis of diversity is not currently integrated with building the tree-of-life …