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Servat GP. Terry L. Erwin and the race to document biodiversity (1940-2020). Zookeys 2021; 1044:3-22. [PMID: 34183874 PMCID: PMC8222204 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.68652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Terry Erwin's race to document arthropod diversity inspired taxonomists, systematists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and the conservation community at large, as his curatorial work of more than 50 years at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and prolific publication record attests. The biography compiles public records, publications, as well as personal memoirs to describe the context in which Erwin's studies with carabid beetles evolved as formalization of concepts, such as biological diversity, megadiverse countries, biodiversity loss, and conservation biology, will become central for science in the upcoming years. Awareness to explore new frontiers such as the forest canopy and Erwin's studies in tropical forests, his easy-going personality, and dedicated mentoring attracted colleagues, students, and the general public, making him one of the leaders of tropical biology in the world.
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- Grace P Servat
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Center for Conservation Education & Sustainability (CCES), 1100 Jefferson Dr. 3123, Washington D.C, 20560 - MRC 705, USA Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Center for Conservation Education & Sustainability Washington D.C United States of America
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de Jong Y, Verbeek M, Michelsen V, Bjørn PDP, Los W, Steeman F, Bailly N, Basire C, Chylarecki P, Stloukal E, Hagedorn G, Wetzel FT, Glöckler F, Kroupa A, Korb G, Hoffmann A, Häuser C, Kohlbecker A, Müller A, Güntsch A, Stoev P, Penev L. Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodivers Data J 2014:e4034. [PMID: 25349527 PMCID: PMC4206781 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.2.e4034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Fauna Europaea is Europe's main zoological taxonomic index, making the scientific names and distributions of all living, currently known, multicellular, European land and freshwater animals species integrally available in one authoritative database. Fauna Europaea covers about 260,000 taxon names, including 145,000 accepted (sub)species, assembled by a large network of (>400) leading specialists, using advanced electronic tools for data collations with data quality assured through sophisticated validation routines. Fauna Europaea started in 2000 as an EC funded FP5 project and provides a unique taxonomic reference for many user-groups such as scientists, governments, industries, nature conservation communities and educational programs. Fauna Europaea was formally accepted as an INSPIRE standard for Europe, as part of the European Taxonomic Backbone established in PESI. Fauna Europaea provides a public web portal at faunaeur.org with links to other key biodiversity services, is installed as a taxonomic backbone in wide range of biodiversity services and actively contributes to biodiversity informatics innovations in various initiatives and EC programs.
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- Yde de Jong
- University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland ; University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- National Museum of Natural History and Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria ; Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Henle K, Bell S, Brotons L, Clobert J, Evans D, Goerg C, Grodzinska-Jurcak M, Gruber B, Haila Y, Henry PY, Huth A, Julliard R, Keil P, Kleyer M, Kotze DJ, Kunin W, Lengyel S, Lin YP, Loyau A, Luck G, Magnuson W, Margules C, Matsinos Y, May P, Sousa-Pinto I, Possingham H, Potts S, Ring I, Pryke J, Samways M, Saunders D, Schmeller D, Simila J, Sommer S, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stoev P, Sykes M, Tóthmérész B, Yam R, Tzanopoulos J, Penev L. Nature Conservation – a new dimension in Open Access publishing bridging science and application. NATURE CONSERVATION 2012. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.1.3081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Petit RE. Remarks on " Two new species of Tornidae (Caenogastropoda, Rissooidea) from Espírito Santo, Brazil," by Luiz Ricardo Simone ( ZooKeys 238: 77-85, 2012) and a plea for improvement in ZooKeys editorial policy. Zookeys 2012:103-9. [PMID: 23457422 PMCID: PMC3558954 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.255.4548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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