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View article: BBNJ Agreement: Considerations for Scientists and Commercial End Users of MGR at Research, Development and Commercialisation Stages
BBNJ Agreement: Considerations for Scientists and Commercial End Users of MGR at Research, Development and Commercialisation Stages Open
The research, development and commercialisation pipeline for accessing, using and sharing marine genetic resources (MGR) of areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is highly varied and complex. Equally complex is the governance framework…
View article: BBNJ Agreement: Considerations for Scientists and Commercial End Users of MGR at Research, Development and Commercialization Stages
BBNJ Agreement: Considerations for Scientists and Commercial End Users of MGR at Research, Development and Commercialization Stages Open
The research, development and commercialization pipeline for accessing, using and sharing marine genetic resources (MGR) of areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is highly varied and complex. Equally complex is the governance framework…
View article: Considerations Concerning State Ratification of the BBNJ Agreement
Considerations Concerning State Ratification of the BBNJ Agreement Open
This paper presents procedural, policy, and legal considerations that states may encounter before and after ratifying the BBNJ Agreement, with a focus on its marine genetic resources (MGR) provisions. It briefly examines the behaviours of …
View article: Tools for Fulfilling Legal Requirements of Biodiversity Specimens: Permit/Contract & Term Typologies
Tools for Fulfilling Legal Requirements of Biodiversity Specimens: Permit/Contract & Term Typologies Open
The multitude of legal requirements for working with biodiversity specimens is challenging and time consuming for researchers and biodiversity research institutions, including universities, museums, governmental and private institutions ma…
View article: Permits, contracts and their terms for biodiversity specimens
Permits, contracts and their terms for biodiversity specimens Open
We present two different typologies of legal/contractual information in the context of natural history objects: the Biodiversity Permit/Contract Typology categorises permits and contracts, and the Typology of Legal/Contractual Terms for Bi…
View article: Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice
Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice Open
Modern advances in DNA sequencing hold the promise of facilitating descriptions of new organisms at ever finer precision but have come with challenges as the major Codes of bionomenclature contain poorly defined requirements for species an…
View article: Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections
Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections Open
The access to molecular collections worldwide greatly improves the quality of scientific research by making a growing number of data available for investigation. The efforts on digitisation also aim at facilitating the exchange of material…
View article: Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections
Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections Open
The access to molecular collections worldwide greatly improves the quality of scientific research by making a growing number of data available for investigation. The efforts on digitization also aim at facilitating the exchange of material…
View article: Multilateral benefit-sharing from digital sequence information will support both science and biodiversity conservation
Multilateral benefit-sharing from digital sequence information will support both science and biodiversity conservation Open
Open access to sequence data is a cornerstone of biology and biodiversity research, but has created tension under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Policy decisions could compromise research and development, unle…
View article: Participative Decision Making and the Sharing of Benefits: Laws, ethics, and data protection for building extended global communities
Participative Decision Making and the Sharing of Benefits: Laws, ethics, and data protection for building extended global communities Open
Transdisciplinary and cross-cultural cooperation and collaboration are needed to build extended, densely interconnected information resources. These are the prerequisites for the successful implementation and execution of, for example, an …
View article: Capacity of United States federal government and its partners to rapidly and accurately report the identity (taxonomy) of non-native organisms intercepted in early detection programs
Capacity of United States federal government and its partners to rapidly and accurately report the identity (taxonomy) of non-native organisms intercepted in early detection programs Open
The early detection of and rapid response to invasive species (EDRR) depends on accurate and rapid identification of non-native species. The 2016–2018 National Invasive Species Council Management Plan called for an assessment of US governm…
View article: Sharing the benefits of taxonomic research: time to upgrade the model
Sharing the benefits of taxonomic research: time to upgrade the model Open
Many permits for collecting biological samples have simple conditions, such as returning specimens and information. In meeting them researchers are ‘sharing benefits’ in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). However,…
View article: Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils
Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils Open
This Special Issue on the Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils presents 31 new research papers on one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals on Earth, the beetle superfamily Curculionoidea. It was in part inspired to commemor…
View article: Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils
Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils Open
This Special Issue on the Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils presents 31 new research papers on one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals on Earth, the beetle superfamily Curculionoidea. It was in part inspired to commemor…
View article: A Tribute to Guillermo (Willy) Kuschel (1918–2017)
A Tribute to Guillermo (Willy) Kuschel (1918–2017) Open
This tribute commemorates the life and work of Guillermo (Willy) Kuschel, who made substantial contributions to the understanding of weevil systematics, evolution and biology. Willy was born in Chile in 1918 and studied philosophy, theolog…
View article: Anchonini in Africa: New Species and Genus Confirming a Transatlantic Distribution (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae)
Anchonini in Africa: New Species and Genus Confirming a Transatlantic Distribution (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) Open
The Anchonini known from Africa are reviewed. The monotypic genus Aethiopacorep is redescribed. The new West African genus Titilayo gen. nov. is described, with seven new species: four from São Tomé, T. perrinae sp. nov., T. saotomense sp.…
View article: The Problematic Genus Sclerocardius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Ithyporini)
The Problematic Genus Sclerocardius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Ithyporini) Open
The genus Sclerocardius is revised, using morphological characters. Four species are recognized, including S. africanus (Boheman), S. bohemani Schoenherr stat.rev., S. indicus Hartmann and S. kuscheli sp.nov. The species Sclerocardius made…
View article: Morphological and Molecular Perspectives on the Phylogeny, Evolution, and Classification of Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): Proceedings from the 2016 International Weevil Meeting
Morphological and Molecular Perspectives on the Phylogeny, Evolution, and Classification of Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): Proceedings from the 2016 International Weevil Meeting Open
The 2016 International Weevil Meeting was held immediately after the International Congress of Entomology (ICE). It built on the topics and content of the 2016 ICE weevil symposium Phylogeny and Evolution of Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculiono…
View article: Statistical Evaluation of Monophyly in the ‘Broad-Nosed Weevils’ through Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Combining Mitochondrial Genome and Single-Locus Sequences (Curculionidae: Entiminae, Cyclominae, and Hyperinae)
Statistical Evaluation of Monophyly in the ‘Broad-Nosed Weevils’ through Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Combining Mitochondrial Genome and Single-Locus Sequences (Curculionidae: Entiminae, Cyclominae, and Hyperinae) Open
Establishing well-supported monophyletic groups is a key requirement for producing a natural classification that reflects evolutionary descent. In a phylogenetic framework this is best achieved through dense taxon sampling and the analysis…
View article: A new species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China
A new species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China Open
Based on specimens in the Natural History Museum (London), a new species of the genus Larinus Dejan, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), Larinus barclayi sp. nov., is described from China. The new species is assigned to the subgenus…
View article: Digitising legacy zoological taxonomic literature: Processes, products and using the output
Digitising legacy zoological taxonomic literature: Processes, products and using the output Open
By digitising legacy taxonomic literature using XML mark-up the contents become accessible to other taxonomic and nomenclatural information systems. Appropriate schemas need to be interoperable with other sectorial schemas, atomise to appr…
View article: The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Data Standard specification
The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Data Standard specification Open
This FAIRsharing record describes: The GGBN Data Standard is a set of terms and controlled vocabularies designed to represent sample facts. It does not cover e.g., scientific name, geography, or physiological facts. This allows combining t…