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    Authors
    Sigwart, JD
    Bennett, KD
    Edie, SM
    Mander, L
    Okamura, B cc
    Padian, K
    Wheeler, Q
    Winston, JE
    Yeung, NW
    Issue date
    2018-09-18
    Submitted date
    2019-03-01
    Subject Terms
    mass extinction
    climate change
    systematics
    taxonomy
    biodiversity dimensions
    ecosystem function
    poorly studied taxa
    understudied systems
    
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    Abstract
    How biodiversity is changing in our time represents a major concern for all organismal biologists. Anthropogenic changes to our planet are decreasing species diversity through the negative effects of pollution, habitat destruction, direct extirpation of species, and climate change. But major biotic changes—including those that have both increased and decreased species diversity—have happened before in Earth’s history. Biodiversity dynamics in past eras provide important context to understand ecological responses to current environmental change. The work of assessing biodiversity is woven into ecology, environmental science, conservation, paleontology, phylogenetics, evolutionary and developmental biology, and many other disciplines; yet, the absolute foundation of how we measure species diversity depends on taxonomy and systematics. The aspiration of this symposium, and complementary contributed talks, was to promote better understanding of our common goals and encourage future interdisciplinary discussion of biodiversity dynamics. The contributions in this collection of papers bring together a diverse group of speakers to confront several important themes. How can biologists best respond to the urgent need to identify and conserve diversity? How can we better communicate the nature of species across scientific disciplines? Where are the major gaps in knowledge about the diversity of living animal and plant groups, and what are the implications for understanding potential diversity loss? How can we effectively use the fossil record of past diversity and extinction to understand current biodiversity loss?
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    Julia D Sigwart, K D Bennett, Stewart M Edie, Luke Mander, Beth Okamura, Kevin Padian, Quentin Wheeler, Judith E Winston, Norine W Yeung, Measuring Biodiversity and Extinction—Present and Past, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 58, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 1111–1117, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icy113
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    Oxford Academic
    Journal
    INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622471
    DOI
    10.1093/icb/icy113
    Type
    Journal Article
    Item Description
    © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. All rights reserved. The attached document is the author(’s’) final accepted/submitted version of the journal article. You are advised to consult the publisher’s version if you wish to cite from it.
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    1540-7063
    EISSN
    1557-7023
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1093/icb/icy113
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