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For many endangered species, it’s survival of the cutest, Ottawa scientists find

Posted 7 years ago

Article on taxonomic bias in conservation research by Cooke Lab members and friends covered by Ottawa Citizen

“The group under lead author Michael Donaldson ran through data on 10,000 species and concludes: “We found extreme bias in conservation research effort on threatened vertebrates compared with lesser-studied invertebrates” both on land and in the water.”