Changing the taxonomic scale of a biotic-assemblage dataset influences our ability to detect
ecological patterns. In bioassessments, a test-site's biological community is compared …

The recently introduced term 'integrative taxonomy'refers to taxonomy that integrates all
available data sources to frame species limits. We survey current taxonomic methods …

Cryptic bryophyte species exhibit a decoupling in the degree of morphological and
molecular divergence, as a result of different processes, from recent divergence to stasis …

Several proposals have been launched under the new concept 'integrative taxonomy'to
frame the future development of species discovery and description. We consider that some …

Over time the complex idea of" species" has evolved, yet its meaning is far from resolved.
This comprehensive work is a fresh look at an idea central to the field of biology by tracing its …

The use of more than one nomenclatural code is becoming increasingly common in some
biological sub-disciplines. To minimize nomenclatural instability, we have decided to …

We argue that the logical outcome of the cladistics revolution in biological systematics, and
the move towards rankless phylogenetic classification of nested monophyletic groups as …

The key biodiversity areas (KBA) approach aims to identify globally important areas for
species conservation. Although a similar methodology has been used successfully to …

The formal structure of the inference of a phylogenetic hypothesis is analyzed in the context
of the different classes of reasoning applied in all fields of science. Rather than making the …

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Terebellidae and related families was
undertaken. Type material of all genera of Terebellinae was examined, together with …