Incorporating evolutionary measures into conservation prioritization

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1670-1678

  Redding, David W ^a   Mooers, Arne Ø ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Evolutionary worth; Global avifauna; IUCN Red List; Phylogenetic diversity; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIORITIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES;

EID: 33845507435     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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