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Estimating vertebrate biodiversity using the tempo of taxonomy – a view from Hubbert's peak
2021
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Reservoirs of natural resources are finite and, with increasing exploitation, production typically increases, reaches a maximum (Hubbert's peak) and then declines. Similarly, species are the currency of biodiversity, and recognized numbers are dependent upon successful discovery. Since 1758, taxonomists have exploited a shrinking reservoir of as-yet-unnamed vertebrate taxa such that rates of species description at first rose, reached a peak and then declined. Since about 1950, increases in
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