The impact of fossils on the Evolutionary Distinctiveness and conservation status of the Australian lungfish

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3140-3142

  Cavin, Lionel ^a   Kemp, Anne ^b  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary Distinctiveness index; Fossil record; Mesozoic; Neoceratodus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; INDEX METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESOLUTION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; THAILAND;

CERATODONTIDAE; NEOCERATODUS; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 83555163957     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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