In this essay on conservation paleobiology, Smith et al. discuss the development of new approaches for integrating data from live-dead studies into conservation practice. They suggest that the methods we use, and data we produce, need to account for changes to communities due to climate change.
Smith, J., Dietl, G., & Durham, S. (2020). Increasing the salience of marine live–dead data in the Anthropocene. Paleobiology, 46(3), 279-287.