Toward the integration of speciation research

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  • Sean Stankowski
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  • Asher D. Cutter
    University of Toronto
  • Ina Satokangas
    University of Helsinki
  • Brian A. Lerch
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Jonathan Rolland
    University of Toulouse
  • Carole M. Smadja
    University of Montpellier
  • J. Carolina Segami Marzal
    Duke University
  • Christopher R. Cooney
    University of Sheffield
  • Philine G. D. Feulner
    Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  • Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos
    Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba
  • Henry L. North
    University of Cambridge
  • Ryo Yamaguchi
    Hokkaido University
  • Roger K. Butlin
    University of Sheffield
  • Jochen B. W. Wolf
    LMU Munich
  • Jean Coughlan
    Yale University, CT
  • Patrick Heidbreder
    University of Helsinki
  • Rebecca Hernandez-Guttierrez
    University of California
  • Karen B. Barnard-Kubow
    James Madison University
  • David Peede
    Brown University
  • Lois Rancilhac
    Uppsala University
  • Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador
    UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø
  • Ken A. Thompson
    Stanford University
  • Elizabeth A. Stacy
    University of Nevada
  • Leonie C. Moyle
    Indiana University
  • Martin D. Garlovsky
    Technische Universität Dresden
  • Arif Maulana
    LMU Munich
  • Annina Kantelinen
    University of Helsinki
  • N. Ivalu Cacho
    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Hilde Schneemann
    University of Cambridge
  • Marisol Dominguez
    University of Potsdam
  • Erik B. Dopman
    Tufts University
  • Konrad Lohsa
    University of Edinburgh
  • Sina J. Rometsch
    Yale University, CT
  • Aaron Comeault
  • Richard M. Merrill
    LMU Munich
  • Elizabeth S.C. Scordato
    California Polytechnic State University
  • Sonal Singhal
    CSU Dominguez Hills
  • Varpu Parssinen
    University of Gothenburg
  • Alicia C. R. Lackey
    University of Louisville
  • Sanghamitra Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology
  • Joana I. Meier
    University of Cambridge
  • Nicholas Barton
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  • Christelle Fraisse
    Université Lille
  • Mark Ravinet
    University of Nottingham
  • Joanna Kulumni
    University of Helsinki
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.

Keywords

  • collaboration, diversity, equity and inclusion, scientific practices, synthesis
Original languageEnglish
JournalEvolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume3
Issue number1
Early online date16 Feb 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 16 Feb 2024
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