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!