caa a22 4500 605526869 CHVBK 20210128100805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0899-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0899-3 Why taxonomists and ecologists are not, but should be, carpooling? [Elektronische Daten] [Panu Halme, Saija Kuusela, Aino Juslén] Traditionally, ecologists and taxonomists have conducted mostly separated research. Ecologists have been using the well-known species groups as their model organisms for practical reasons, whereas taxonomists have focused on poorly known species groups. Extensive collaboration between these research fields has unfortunately been a rarity. We argue that increased collaboration between ecologists and taxonomists yields benefits through several pathways. Firstly, it improves the scientific quality of both disciplines through deeper insight on the study organisms and increased feasibility of the collected data. Secondly, it improves the prospects of the scientists involved and opens up potential funding sources, helping to solve the taxonomic impediment. Finally, improved collaboration could balance ecological research towards more species-rich, functionally important groups. This would increase the quality and effectiveness of nature conservation and management plans positively affecting the sustainability of environmental policy making. These obvious benefits should be swiftly acknowledged by research institutions, science leaders and funding bodies. They should actively promote for strong collaborative efforts from the present and recruited staff representing both disciplines. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Collaboration nationallicence Conservation biology nationallicence Funding agencies nationallicence Research funding nationallicence Systematics nationallicence Taxonomic impediment nationallicence Halme Panu Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyvaskyla, Finland aut Kuusela Saija Finnish Environment Institute, P.O. Box 140, 00251, Helsinki, Finland aut Juslén Aino Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, 00014, Helsinki, Finland aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/7(2015-07-01), 1831-1836 0960-3115 24:7<1831 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0899-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0899-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Halme Panu Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyvaskyla, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuusela Saija Finnish Environment Institute, P.O. Box 140, 00251, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Juslén Aino Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, 00014, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/7(2015-07-01), 1831-1836 0960-3115 24:7<1831 2015 24 10531