Can taxonomic richness be used as a surrogate for phylogenetic distinctness indices for ranking areas for conservation?;¿Puede utilizarse la riqueza taxonómica como un indicativo de diferenciación filogenética para evaluar áreas de conservación?

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-84

  Pérez Losada, Marcos ^a   Crandall, Keith A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Phylogenetic distinctness; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AEGLIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0041327911     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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