Systematic conservation planning for groundwater ecosystems using phylogenetic diversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Asmyhr, Maria G ^a   Linke, Simon ^b   Hose, Grant ^a   Nipperess, David A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SUBUNIT I; DNA 18S; GROUND WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA 18S;

AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GROUNDWATER; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84918553087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115132     Document Type: Article

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