Sampling bias and uneven data coverage shape observed biodiversity patterns in a megadiverse island archipelago hotspot

• Kier Mitchel E. Pitogo ,

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

  * E-mail: pitogo.kiermitchel@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5785-8281

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• Camila G. Meneses,

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

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Syrus Cesar P. Decena,

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

  Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Visayas State University-Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines

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• Christian E. Supsup,

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

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Hannah E. Som,

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

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6098-9206

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• Justin M. Bernstein,

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

  Affiliation Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Kin Onn Chan,

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

  Current Address: Department of Integrative Biology & MSU Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Mark William Herr,

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

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Rafe M. Brown

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

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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