Maximizing phylogenetic diversity in biodiversity conservation: Greedy solutions to the Noah's Ark problem

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-651

  Hartmann, Klaas ^a   Steel, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Greedy algorithm; Noah's Ark problem; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 38149021146     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150600873876     Document Type: Article

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