Species delimitation (1 Viewer)

[Mysticete]

ah okay...I just briefly glanced at the article to read the "abstract"

Still...I don't even know what sort of deer is in that picture, which makes it hard for me to question whether it should have been split or not.

 

[Nutcracker]

You can see a [preview here]

A bit blurry on the preview, but I can just make out Cervus elaphus. So presumably referring to the split of Wapiti C. canadensis. The elephant is Loxodonta africana, presumably referring to L. cyclotis.

 

[Richard Klim]

Genera

Slightly off-topic (next rank)...
Strand & Panova (in press). Size of genera – biology or taxonomy? Zool Scr. [preview]

Free access: Strand & Panova 2015. Zool Scr 44(1): 106–116. [pdf]

 

[Richard Klim]

Harvey et al

Harvey, Judy, Seeholzer, Maley, Graves & Brumfield (in press). Similarity thresholds used in short read assembly reduce the comparability of population histories across species. PeerJ PrePrints 3: e1066. [abstract] [pdf]

(Considers the examples of Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans, Streamertail Trochilus polytmus, Line-cheeked Spinetail Cranioleuca antisiensis and Plain Xenops Xenops minutus.)

 

[Richard Klim]

Rannala 2015

Rannala 2015. The art and science of species delimitation. Curr Zool 61(5): 846–853. [abstract] [pdf]

 

[Richard Klim]

Casiraghi et al

Casiraghi, Galimberti, Sandionigi, Bruno & Labra (in press). Life with or without names. Evol Biol. [abstract & preview]