Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics: Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis

Author:   Roseli Pellens ,  Philippe Grandcolas
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Volume:   14
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9783319224602


Pages:   390
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Roseli Pellens ,  Philippe Grandcolas
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.332kg
ISBN:  

9783319224602


ISBN 10:   3319224603
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Phylogenetics and conservation biology: drawing a path into the diversity of life.- The value of phylogenetic diversity.- The PD phylogenetic diversity framework: linking evolutionary history to feature diversity for biodiversity conservation.- Reconsidering the loss of evolutionary history: how does non-random extinction prune the tree-of-life?- Phylogenetics and conservation in New Zealand: the long and the short of it.- What is the meaning of extreme phylogenetic diversity? The case of phylogenetic relict species.- Using phylogenetic dissimilarities among sites for biodiversity assessments and conservation.- Phylogenetic diversity measures and their decomposition: a framework based on hill numbers.- Split diversity: measuring and optimizing biodiversity using phylogenetic split networks.- The rarefaction of phylogenetic diversity: formulation, extension and application.- Support in area prioritization using phylogenetic information.- Assessing hotspots of evolutionary history with data from multiple phylogenies: an analysis of endemic clades from New Caledonia.- Representing hotspots of evolutionary history in systematic conservation planning for European mammals.- Priorities for conservation of the evolutionary history of amphibians in the cerrado.- Global spatial analyses of phylogenetic conservation priorities for aquatic mammals.- Metapopulation capacity meets evolutionary distinctness: spatial fragmentation complements phylogenetic rarity in prioritization. - Patterns of species, phylogenetic and mimicry diversity of clearwing butterflies in the Neotropics.- Conservation of phylogenetic diversity in Madagascar’s largest endemic plant family, Sarcolaenaceae.- The future of phylogenetic systematics in conservation biology: linking biodiversity and society.

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