Spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Morlon, Hélène ^a   Schwilk, Dylan W ^b   Bryant, Jessica A ^a,c   Marquet, Pablo A ^d,e,f   Rebelo, Anthony G ^g   Tauss, Catherine ^h   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a   Green, Jessica L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Conservation; Distance decay relationship; Evolutionary history; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Phylogenetic beta diversity; Phylogenetic diversity; Spatial scaling; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751685517     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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