How best to focus efforts on classifying new species to prevent their extinction?

Many organisms in need of conservation are still unknown or lumped in with similar species, which potentially interferes with conservation efforts. In a new study published June 1 in the Open Access journal PLOS Biology, Jane Melville of Museums Victoria, and her colleagues present a new “return-on-investment” approach to best direct efforts to identify new species before they are lost.


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Source: Phys.org