On specimen killing in the era of conservation crisis – A quantitative case for modernizing taxonomy and biodiversity inventories

• Patrick O. Waeber ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patrick.waeber@usys.ethz.ch (PW); lucienne.wilme@mobot-mg.org (LW)

  Affiliation ETH Zurich, Department of ITES, Forest Management and Development (ForDev) Group, Universitätstrasse 16, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Charlie J. Gardner,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

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• Wilson R. Lourenço,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR7205-CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, CP 53, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, France

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• Lucienne Wilmé

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

  * E-mail: patrick.waeber@usys.ethz.ch (PW); lucienne.wilme@mobot-mg.org (LW)

  Affiliations Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research & Conservation Program, BP, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-1957

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