Incorporating Geographical and Evolutionary Rarity into Conservation Prioritization

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 593-601

  Tucker, Caroline M ^a   Cadotte, Marc W ^a   Davies, T Jonathan ^b   Rebelo, Tony G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c South African National Biodiversity Initiative   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Floristic Region; Conservation biogeography; Evolutionary distinctiveness; Phylogenetics; Species prioritization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITIZATION; RARITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84864024959     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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