priority taxa: hotlist and redhotlist
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Jen HammockSpecies Pages GroupSmithsonian Institution
EOL Priority Content: the “Hotlist” and “RedHotList”
Developing the EOL hot list
• Consultation with taxonomic experts
• Development of criteria
• Assembly of critical lists
• Establishing targets for rich taxon pages, lesser known pages
EOL’s hot listsHot List
• >73,000 taxa
• Conservation concern
• Invasives
• Model organisms
• Ecologically important
• Pests
• Charismatics
• Data availability
Red Hot List
• 2,800 taxa
• Most searched
• Top 100 invasives
• Crops (food)
• Zoos & aquaria
• High traffic
• Higher taxa
• David M. Rubenstein• John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation• Cornerstone Institutions• Grants• Private Donors
Many Thanks!