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Data from: Declining rates of species described per taxonomist: slowdown of progress or a side-effect of improved quality in taxonomy?

Sangster, George, Stockholm University
Luksenburg, Jolanda A., Stockholm University
Publication date: September 4, 2014
Publisher: Dryad
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m4g2n

Citation

Sangster, George; Luksenburg, Jolanda A. (2014), Data from: Declining rates of species described per taxonomist: slowdown of progress or a side-effect of improved quality in taxonomy?, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m4g2n

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Fig. S1

FIGURE S1. Relationship between quality of original descriptions of species (1935–1999) and subsequent revision in five periods of 13 years. Significance levels (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01) are based on Mann-Whitney U test (A, pages, specimens, characters, taxa compared) and Fisher’s Exact Test (B, illustrations, maps, sonagrams). N.s., not significant.

Data file

New species of birds described in 1935-2009, including details on authorship, number of pages, specimens, characters, and taxa, and presence/absence of illustrations of the new species, maps and sonagrams.
Datafile.xlsx