Biodiversity conservation and phylogenetic systematics : preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis /: preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roseli Pellens, Philippe Grandcolas, editors.
• Editors: Pellens, Roseli; Grandcolas, Philippe
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 333.95; Biodiversity conservation; Conservation biology; Microbiology (non-medical); Biodiversity conservation; Conservation biology; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319224619; 3319224611; 3319224603; 9783319224602
• Related ISBNs: 9783319224602
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2016).
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