Mapping evolutionary process: A multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-413

  Thomassen, Henri A ^a   Fuller, Trevon ^a   Buermann, Wolfgang ^a   Milá, Borja ^a,b   Kieswetter, Charles M ^c   Jarrín V , Pablo ^d   Cameron, Susan E ^e   Mason, Eliza ^a,f   Schweizer, Rena ^a   Schlunegger, Jasmin ^a   Chan, Janice ^a   Wang, Ophelia ^g   Peralvo, Manuel ^h   Schneider, Christopher J ^c   Graham, Catherine H ⁱ   Pollinger, John P ^a   Saatchi, Sassan ^a,j   Wayne, Robert K ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^h Unidad de Biodiversidad y Geografía Aplicada   (Ecuador)

ⁱ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Andes; Conservation prioritization; Ecological modeling; Ecuador; Evolutionary process; Generalized dissimilarity modeling; Landscape genetics; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951623825     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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