A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis

• Jane Melville ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmelv@museum.vic.gov.au

  Affiliations Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MI, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-6423

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• David G. Chapple,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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• J. Scott Keogh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-6186

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• Joanna Sumner,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-6642

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• Andrew Amey,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity & Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6366-2875

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• Phil Bowles,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Snake & Lizard Red List Authority, CI-IUCN Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN North America Office, Washington, DC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7808-3892

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• Ian G. Brennan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-5224

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• Patrick Couper,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity & Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-6757

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• Stephen C. Donnellan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia

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• Paul Doughty,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia

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• Danielle L. Edwards,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-4427

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• Ryan J. Ellis,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia, Biologic Environmental Survey, East Perth, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-8204

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• Damien Esquerré,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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• Jéssica Fenker,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-3886

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• Michael G. Gardner,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, College of Science & Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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• Arthur Georges,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

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• Margaret L. Haines,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

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• Conrad J. Hoskin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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• Mark Hutchinson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-1983

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• Craig Moritz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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• James Nankivell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-7383

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• Paul Oliver,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biodiversity & Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-257X

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• Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-7026

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• Mitzy Pepper,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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• Daniel L. Rabosky,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Museum of Zoology & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7499-8251

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• Kate Sanders,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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• Glenn Shea,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Australian Museum Research Institute, The Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

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• Sonal Singhal,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, United States of America

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• Jessica Worthington Wilmer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity & Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-4054

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• Reid Tingley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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