Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/67985939:_____/15:00456269
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-054400" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-054400</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-054400" target="_blank" >10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-054400</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity
Original language description
Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly using big-data approaches to tackle questions at large spatial, taxonomic, and temporal scales. However, despite recent efforts to gather two centuries of biodiversity inventories into comprehensivedatabases, many crucial research questions remain unanswered. Here, we update the concept of knowledge shortfalls and review the tradeoffs between generality and uncertainty. We present seven key shortfalls of current biodiversity data. Four previouslyproposed shortfalls pinpoint knowledge gaps for species taxonomy (Linnean), distribution (Wallacean), abundance (Prestonian), and evolutionary patterns (Darwinian). We also redefine the Hutchinsonian shortfall to apply to the abiotic tolerances of species and propose new shortfalls relating to limited knowledge of species traits (Raunkiaeran) and biotic interactions (Eltonian). We conclude with a general framework for the combined impacts and consequences of shortfalls of large-scale bio
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
ISSN
1543-592X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2015
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
523 - 549
UT code for WoS article
000367292700024
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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