Taxonomic chauvinism

X Bonnet, R Shine, O Lourdais - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2002‏ - cell.com
Research in ecology and behaviour is dominated by studies on birds and mammals, and
scientists who work on less 'popular'organisms (such as amphibians and reptiles) frequently …

Reproductive strategies in snakes

R Shine - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …, 2003‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Snakes of both sexes display remarkable flexibility and diversity in their reproductive tactics.
Many features of reproduction in female snakes (such as reproductive mode and frequency …

Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences

J Troudet, P Grandcolas, A Blin, R Vignes-Lebbe… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Studying and protecting each and every living species on Earth is a major challenge of the
21st century. Yet, most species remain unknown or unstudied, while others attract most of …

Taxonomic bias in conservation research

JA Clark, RM May - Science, 2002‏ - science.org
Taxonomic bias is pervasive in organismal research; ie, research is not proportional to
organisms' frequency in nature (1–4). Quantifying research bias is difficult, but a reasonable …

Species out of sight: elucidating the determinants of research effort in global reptiles

JJM Guedes, MR Moura… - Ecography, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
More than two million species have been described so far, but our knowledge on most taxa
remains scarce or inexistent, and the available biodiversity data is often taxonomically …

Diversifying the concept of model organisms in the age of-omics

F Bertile, S Matallana-Surget, A Tholey… - Communications …, 2023‏ - nature.com
In today's post-genomic era, it is crucial to rethink the concept of model organisms. While a
few historically well-established organisms, eg laboratory rodents, have enabled significant …

Model systems in ecology: dissecting the endophyte–grass literature

K Saikkonen, P Lehtonen, M Helander… - Trends in Plant …, 2006‏ - cell.com
Model systems can facilitate and focus research efforts but ill-chosen or inapt ones can
distract or impede scientific progress. In this Opinion article, we pose the question: how can …

Resource partitioning and interspecific competition in snakes: the search for general geographical and guild patterns

L Luiselli - Oikos, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
The role of interspecific competition as a key factor in the ecology of natural communities
where species exploit limited resources is well established, and the study of competition …

Predator manipulation experiments: impacts on populations of terrestrial vertebrate prey

P Salo, PB Banks, CR Dickman… - Ecological …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the relative impacts of top‐down vs. bottom‐up control of ecosystems remains a
controversial issue, with debate often focusing on the perennial question of how predators …

Combined venomics, venom gland transcriptomics, bioactivities, and antivenomics of two Bothrops jararaca populations from geographic isolated regions within the …

L Gonçalves-Machado, D Pla, L Sanz, RJB Jorge… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Bothrops jararaca is a slender and semi-arboreal medically relevant pit viper species
endemic to tropical and subtropical forests in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern …