Current approaches to biodiversity conservation are largely based on geographic areas,
ecosystems, ecological communities, and species, with less attention on genetic diversity …

The species concept is the cornerstone of biodiversity science, and any paradigm shift in the
delimitation of species affects many research fields. Many biologists now are embracing a …

The species problem has triggered the publication of an almost infinite number of theoretical
and practical studies, including quite a number of books. I should, therefore, perhaps briefly …

Taxonomy is a scientific discipline that has provided the universal naming and classification
system of biodiversity for centuries and continues effectively to accommodate new …

With the advent of DNA sequencing‐based techniques, the way we detect and measure
biodiversity is undergoing a radical shift. There is also an increasing awareness of the need …

Background Species are considered the fundamental unit in many ecological and
evolutionary analyses, yet accurate, complete, accessible taxonomic frameworks with which …

Cataloging the very large number of undescribed species of insects could be greatly
accelerated by automated DNA based approaches, but procedures for large-scale species …

Good alpha taxonomy is central to biology. On the basis of a survey of arthropod studies that
used multiple disciplines for species delimitation, we evaluated the performance of single …

We review commonly used population definitions under both the ecological paradigm
(which emphasizes demographic cohesion) and the evolutionary paradigm (which …

Levels of genetic differentiation between populations can be highly variable across the
genome, with divergent selection contributing to such heterogeneous genomic divergence …