Phylogenetic correlates of extinction risk in mammals: Species in older lineages are not at greater risk

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1765, 2013, Pages

  Verde Arregoitia, Luis Darcy ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^a   Fisher, Diana O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distinctiveness; Ordinal index; Phylogenetic age; Phylogenetic generalized linear mixed models

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORRELATION; EXTINCTION RISK; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

LAGOMORPHA; LEMURIDAE; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894857697     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1092     Document Type: Article

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