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A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In the West Indies, a giant rat-like rodent tipped the scales at more than 400 pounds (180 kg), rivaling an American black bear. reut.rs/3T30qWm

📰|NEW STUDI| Science Magazine 🐁🦖Dwarfs and giants on islands more likely to go extinct. The study also shows that Higher extinction rates of insular mammals after arrival of modern humans. ℹ️bit.ly/3LlXx10 CC: iDiv Biodiversity Research Universität Halle (inaktiv) Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC #IMEDEA

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On #EndangeredSpeciesDay 🌱🌺🌿🪴🪻🏵️🌸 📢 New study on epiphyte species extinction risk! (in the Neotropics). 📢 Lead by Maria Judith Carmona H revealed alarming stats: 60% of the 6 721 spp evaluated may be threathened. #ECRs #VascularEpiphytes researchsquare.com/article/rs-277…

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Merging different plant datasets & not knowing which of the 4 global taxonomic backbones to us Read " The big four of plant taxonomy – a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names" doi.org/10.1111/nph.18… Great authors, incl. Matthias Grenié ⋅ @[email protected] Alexander Zizka

Ever wondered how to best standardize plant names or do taxonomic harmonization? Check out lead by David Schellenberger Costa for pros and cons of the four biggest global plant checklists! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

The big four of plant taxonomy – a comparison of global checklists of vascular plant names Costa et al. Matthias Grenié ⋅ @[email protected] @smartenwinter.bsky.social iDiv Biodiversity Research Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @RBGE_Science World Flora Online 📖ow.ly/iyj950OAWAr

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Few things better illustrate the mess that taxonomy and biodiversity informatics get into than the fact that we have four (four!) different “global authoritative checklists for vascular plants” doi.org/10.1111/nph.18… 1/n

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