The use of taxonomic relationships among species in applied ecological research: Baseline, steps forward and future challenges

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 950 - 964
• Main Authors: Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Anderson, Marti J., Ugland, Karl I., Somerfield, Paul J., Terlizzi, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Ecological monitoring; Ecological research; Ecological studies; Ecology; exercise; marine biodiversity; Marine ecology; Nomenclature; Phylogeny; Species; species richness estimators; taxonomic distinctness; taxonomic sufficiency; Taxonomy

Taxonomy is more than a mere exercise of nomenclature and classification of biological diversity: it profiles the identity of species by investigating their biological and ecological traits. Taxonomy is intimately related to ecology which, in turn, cannot be a mere exercise in describing ecological...