Phylogenetic analysis of conservation priorities for aquatic mammals and their terrestrial relatives, with a comparison of methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  May Collado, Laura J ^a,b   Agnarsson, Ingi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CETARTIODACTYLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRESHWATER SPECIES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

CARNIVORA; CETARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79960738332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022562     Document Type: Article

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