TY - JOUR

T1 - Toward the integration of speciation research

AU - Stankowski, Sean

AU - Cutter, Asher D.

AU - Satokangas, Ina

AU - Lerch, Brian A.

AU - Rolland, Jonathan

AU - Smadja, Carole M.

AU - Marzal, J. Carolina Segami

AU - Cooney, Christopher R.

AU - Feulner, Philine G. D.

AU - Domingos, Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho

AU - North, Henry L.

AU - Yamaguchi, Ryo

AU - Butlin, Roger K.

AU - Wolf, Jochen B. W.

AU - Coughlan, Jean

AU - Heidbreder, Patrick

AU - Hernandez-Guttierrez, Rebecca

AU - Barnard-Kubow, Karen B.

AU - Peede, David

AU - Rancilhac, Lois

AU - Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe

AU - Thompson, Ken A.

AU - Stacy, Elizabeth A.

AU - Moyle, Leonie C.

AU - Garlovsky, Martin D.

AU - Maulana, Arif

AU - Kantelinen, Annina

AU - Cacho, N. Ivalu

AU - Schneemann, Hilde

AU - Dominguez, Marisol

AU - Dopman, Erik B.

AU - Lohsa, Konrad

AU - Rometsch, Sina J.

AU - Comeault, Aaron

AU - Merrill, Richard M.

AU - Scordato, Elizabeth S.C.

AU - Singhal, Sonal

AU - Parssinen, Varpu

AU - Lackey, Alicia C. R.

AU - Kumar, Sanghamitra

AU - Meier, Joana I.

AU - Barton, Nicholas

AU - Fraisse, Christelle

AU - Ravinet, Mark

AU - Kulumni, Joanna

PY - 2024/2/16

Y1 - 2024/2/16

N2 - Speciation research—the scientific field focused on understanding the origin and diversity of species—has a long and complex history. While relevant to one another, the specific goals and activities of speciation researchers are highly diverse, and scattered across a collection of different perspectives. Thus, our understanding of speciation will benefit from efforts to bridge scientific findings and the diverse people who do the work. In this paper, we outline two ways of integrating speciation research: (i) scientific integration, through the bringing together of ideas, data, and approaches; and (ii) social integration, by creating ways for a diversity of researchers to participate in the scientific process. We then discuss five challenges to integration: (i) the multidisciplinary nature of speciation research, (ii) the complex language of speciation; (iii) a bias toward certain study systems; (iv) the challenges of working across scales; and (v) inconsistent measures and reporting standards. We provide practical steps that individuals and groups can take to help overcome these challenges, and argue that integration is a team effort in which we all have a role to play.

AB - Speciation research—the scientific field focused on understanding the origin and diversity of species—has a long and complex history. While relevant to one another, the specific goals and activities of speciation researchers are highly diverse, and scattered across a collection of different perspectives. Thus, our understanding of speciation will benefit from efforts to bridge scientific findings and the diverse people who do the work. In this paper, we outline two ways of integrating speciation research: (i) scientific integration, through the bringing together of ideas, data, and approaches; and (ii) social integration, by creating ways for a diversity of researchers to participate in the scientific process. We then discuss five challenges to integration: (i) the multidisciplinary nature of speciation research, (ii) the complex language of speciation; (iii) a bias toward certain study systems; (iv) the challenges of working across scales; and (v) inconsistent measures and reporting standards. We provide practical steps that individuals and groups can take to help overcome these challenges, and argue that integration is a team effort in which we all have a role to play.

KW - collaboration

KW - diversity

KW - equity and inclusion

KW - scientific practices

KW - synthesis

U2 - 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae001

DO - 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae001

M3 - Review article

VL - 3

JO - Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society

JF - Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society

SN - 2752-938X

IS - 1

ER -