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On the notions of taxonomic ‘impediment’, ‘gap’, ‘inflation’ and ‘anarchy’, and their effects on the field of conservation

Marcos A. Raposo1 Setor de Ornitologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, Rio de Janeiro, 20940–040, RJ, Brazil;2 UMR 8590, IHPST–Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, UMR 8590, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne & CNRS, 13 rue du Four, Paris, 75006, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Guy M. Kirwan1 Setor de Ornitologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, Rio de Janeiro, 20940–040, RJ, Brazil
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Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço3 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Campus Ubá, Av. Olegário Maciel, 1427, Ubá, 36502-000, MG, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7250-8490
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Gisela Sobral4 Departamento de Reprodução Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo, 05508-270, SP, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2858-3669
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Flávio Alicino Bockmann5 Laboratório de Ictiologia de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. dos Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–901, SP, Brazil;6 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. dos Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, Paris, 14040-901, SP, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-1487
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Renata Stopiglia5 Laboratório de Ictiologia de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. dos Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, 14040–901, SP, Brazil;7 Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 30, Paris, F-75005, France
Pages 296-311 | Published online: 13 Nov 2020

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