Is higher-taxon analysis an useful surrogate of species richness in studies of Neotropical mammal diversity?

The usefulness of higher-taxon analysis was investigated at genus-, family-, and order-levels; to estimate the species richness of mammals from localities in the Amazon and Central America. The dataset allowed the test of higher-taxon approach…

Estimations of biodiversity and species richness in deep-sea marine ecosystems are impeded by time-consuming methods of species identification. In conservation biology, in environmental monitoring, and in paleontology, a higher-taxon approach (e.g.,…

Attempts to identify priority sites for conserving biodiversity are greatly hampered by a lack of good data on species' distributions. Recent work suggests one promising solution might be to use higher-level taxa (such as genera or families) which…

Recent analyses confirm that urgent attempts to catalogue the distribution of biological diversity may be facilitated by focusing at the level of genera or families rather than species. However, questions remain over the application of higher-taxon…

A critical issue in conservation biology is the establishment of a strong relationship between species richness and a surrogate index. Such a relationship could provide the basis for the establishment of cost effective and easy to monitor methods…

Background: Amphibians are rapidly vanishing. At the same time, it is most likely that the number of amphibian species is highly underestimated. Recent DNA barcoding work has attempted to define a threshold between intra- and inter-specific genetic…

The disparity in species richness across the tree of life is one of the most striking and pervasive features of biological diversity. Some groups are exceptionally diverse, whereas many other groups are species poor. Differences in diversity among…

This paper examines the relationship between species and genus richness in local Australian ant faunas, in order to test the validity of the proposition that higher-taxon categories be used as surrogates for species in rapid biodiversity surveys.…

This paper examines the relationship between species and genus richness in local Australian ant faunas, in order to test the validity of the proposition that higher-taxon categories be used as surrogates for species in rapid biodiversity surveys.…

This paper examines the relationship between species and genus richness in local Australian ant faunas, in order to test the validity of the proposition that higher-taxon categories be used as surrogates for species in rapid biodiversity surveys.…