Modelling extinction risk in multispecies data sets: Phylogenetically independent contrasts versus decision trees

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-127

  Bielby, J ^a,b   Cardillo, M ^c   Cooper, N ^b   Purvis, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative analyses; Conservation; Decision trees; Extinction risk; Non independent data; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 72249089564     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9709-0     Document Type: Article

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