• A New Diving Pliocene Ardenna Shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand 

      Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Tomotani, Barbara mizumo; Marx, Felix G. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2024-04-06)
      We report a new species of shearwater, Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov., from the Pliocene of New Zealand. It is both the smallest and oldest known diving member of the genus, demonstrating that this now abundant form of shearwater has had a long presence in southern oceans. Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov. is among the few extinct shearwaters described from the Southern Hemisphere and adds to an ...
    • Publication practice in Taxonomy: Global inequalities and potential bias against negative results 

      Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Cavallari, Daniel caracanhas; Rands, Douglas; Tomotani, Barbara mizumo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-01)
      There is broad recognition by practicing taxonomists that the field is going through a crisis, which has been dubbed the “taxonomic impediment”. There are many aspects involved in said crisis, but publication practices in taxonomy are often neglected or relegated to the backseat. We provide an initial foray into this topic via a worldwide survey with taxonomists, spanning all botanical and ...