A new phylogenetic framework for estimating local, regional, and global biodiversity

澳大利亚是占全球生物多样性75%的12个巨型生物多样性国家之一。无脊椎动物是生物多样性的最大组成部分。澳大利亚的无脊椎动物区系鲜为人知，因此大多数保护规划都是在缺乏对生物多样性做出最大贡献的群体的知识的情况下进行的。该项目将为保护规划提供估计无脊椎动物物种丰富度的新方法，并有助于关于全球生物多样性的规模和分布的重要辩论。

Australia is one of the 12 megadiverse countries that together account for 75% of global biodiversity. Invertebrates comprise the single largest component of biodiversity. The Australian invertebrate fauna is poorly known and therefore most conservation planning takes place in the absence of knowledge about the group that contributes most to biodiversity. This project will provide novel methods for estimating invertebrate species richness for conservation planning as well as contributing to the important debate about the magnitude and distribution of global biodiversity.