Investing in evolutionary history: Implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2611-2622

  Collen, Ben ^a   Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Waterman, Carly ^b   Meredith, Helen M R ^b   Kuhn, Tyler S ^c   Baillie, Jonathan E M ^b   Isaac, Nick J B ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charismatic species; Comparative methods; Conservation prioritization; Decline; Phylogenetically distinct; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051656026     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0109     Document Type: Review

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