Global and local evolutionary and ecological distinctiveness of terrestrial mammals: Identifying priorities across scales

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 548-559

  Hidasi Neto, José ^a   Loyola, Rafael ^a   Cianciaruso, Marcus V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Extinction risk; Functional diversity; Phylogenetic diversity; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84926415768     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12320     Document Type: Article

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