@article{3346428,
    title = "The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity",
    author = "Kass, J.M. and Guenard, B. and Dudley, K.L. and Jenkins, C.N. and Azuma, F. and Fisher, B.L. and Parr, C.L. and Gibb, H. and Longino, J.T. and Ward, P.S. and Chao, A. and Lubertazzi, D. and Weiser, M. and Jetz, W. and Guralnick, R. and Blatrix, R. and Lauriers, J.D. and Donoso, D.A. and Georgiadis, C. and Gomez, K. and Hawkes, P.G. and Johnson, R.A. and Lattke, J.E. and MacGown, J.A. and Mackay, W. and Robson, S. and Sanders, N.J. and Dunn, R.R. and Economo, E.P.",
    journal = "Environmental Science: Advances",
    year = "2022",
    volume = "8",
    number = "31",
    publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
    doi = "10.1126/sciadv.abp9908",
    keywords = "Animals;  Phylogenetic, Animal species;  Biodiversity patterns;  Ecosystem functioning;  Ecosystem services;  Global distribution;  High resolution;  Informatics;  Machine-learning;  Model learning;  Phylogenetics, Biodiversity, animal;  ant;  biodiversity;  ecosystem;  invertebrate;  phylogeny;  physiology;  vertebrate, Animals;  Ants;  Biodiversity;  Ecosystem;  Invertebrates;  Phylogeny;  Vertebrates",
    abstract = "Invertebrates constitute the majority of animal species and are critical for ecosystem functioning and services. Nonetheless, global invertebrate biodiversity patterns and their congruences with vertebrates remain largely unknown. We resolve the first high-resolution (∼20-km) global diversity map for a major invertebrate clade, ants, using biodiversity informatics, range modeling, and machine learning to synthesize existing knowledge and predict the distribution of undiscovered diversity. We find that ants and different vertebrate groups have distinct features in their patterns of richness and rarity, underscoring the need to consider a diversity of taxa in conservation. However, despite their phylogenetic and physiological divergence, ant distributions are not highly anomalous relative to variation among vertebrate clades. Furthermore, our models predict that rarity centers largely overlap (78%), suggesting that general forces shape endemism patterns across taxa. This raises confidence that conservation of areas important for small-ranged vertebrates will benefit invertebrates while providing a "treasure map" to guide future discovery. © 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved."
}