Linnean shortfall | 物种 Species | 缺乏对世界上很多现存和已灭绝物种描述的知识。Lack of knowledge about the description of most of living and extinct species on Earth. | Brown & Lomolino, 1998; Brito, 2010 |
Wallacean shortfall | 地理分布 Geographic distribution | 缺乏有关大多数物种在各个时间尺度上的地理分布的知识。Lack of knowledge about the geographic distribution of most species at all scales most of the time. | Lomolino, 2004 |
Prestonian shortfall | 种群 Populations | 缺乏在时空尺度上的物种多度和种群动态的知识。Lack of knowledge about species abundance and population dynamics in space and time. | Cardoso et al, 2011 |
Darwinian shortfall | 进化 Evolution | 缺乏关于生命之树以及物种和它们的性状进化的信息。Lack of knowledge about the tree of life and the evolution of species and their traits. | Diniz-Filho et al, 2013 |
Raunkiaeran shortfall | 功能性状和生态功能 Functional traits and ecological functions | 缺乏物种的性状及其生态功能的知识。Lack of knowledge about species’ traits and their ecological functions. | Hortal et al, 2015 |
Hutchinsonian shortfall | 非生物耐性因子 Abiotic tolerances | 缺乏物种如何应对和忍耐非生物因子的知识。Lack of knowledge about the responses and tolerances of species to abiotic conditions. | Cardoso et al, 2011 |
Eltonian shortfall | 生态的相互作用 Ecological interactions | 缺乏物种相互作用及其影响个体存活和适合度的知识。Lack of knowledge on species’ interactions and these interactions’ effects on individual survival and fitness. | Hortal et al, 2015 |