Taxonomic Inflation

ISAAC, N. J. B. (2004). Taxonomic Inflation: Its Influence on Macroecology and Conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 19(9), 464-469.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2004

DOI

10.1016/j.tree.2004.06.004

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.06.004

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ethnography_qualitative_methods

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Primes

• Grain of Analysis
  • Ecological taxonomy: taxonomic rank sets grain; over-splitting creates noise and conservation paradoxes, over-lumping erases distinctions conservation policy needs.

    This sourceShows that over-splitting (raising subspecies to species under a changed species concept) inflates species counts and creates conservation paradoxes, so priorities track taxonomic fashion rather than biology, while over-lumping erases distinctions conservation needs.

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