Taxonomic Impediment or Impediment to Taxonomy? A Commentary on Systematics and the Cybertaxonomic-Automation Paradigm

By M. R. Carvalho, F. A. Bockmann, D. Amorim, C. Brandão, M. Vivo, J. L. Figueiredo, H. Britski, M. Pinna, N. Menezes, F. Marques and 20 more. Evolutionary biology, 2007

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Citations in the corpus

• DNA metabarcoding in diet studies: Unveiling ecological aspects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (2019, methodology): “Although not without controversy (see, e.g., de Carvalho et al., 2007; Wägele et al., 2011), a current shortage of taxonomists has led to the so‐called “taxonomic impediment” (Wheeler, Raven, & Wilson, 2004) and the rise of molecular barcoding as a widely used tool for the identification of species…”
• Protecting the innocent: studying short-range endemic taxa enhances conservation outcomes (2011, background): “…of molecular techniques has aided this process considerably, the ongoing ‘taxonomic impediment’ (Taylor 1983) calls into focus the role of modern systematics in the face of a complex biodiversity crisis (Crozier 1992, 1997; Faith 1992, 1994; Agnarsson and Kuntner 2007; de Carvalho et al. 2007).”
• Forensic timber identification: It's time to integrate disciplines to combat illegal logging (2015, background): “Reduced investment in wood collections and associated staff cut backs are part of a broader trend of reduced support for collectionbased science (Funk, 2014), classically termed the ‘taxonomic impediment’ (de Carvalho et al., 2007, 2005).”
• Plant species identification using digital morphometrics: A review (2012, background): “The growing interest in biodiversity and the increasing availability of digital images combine to make this topic timely.”