Fossils, phylogenies, and the challenge of preserving evolutionary history in the face of anthropogenic extinctions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4909-4914

  Huang, Danwei ^a,b   Goldberg, Emma E ^c   Roy, Kaustuv ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Extinction; Fossil record; Phylogenetic diversity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928245676     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409886112     Document Type: Article

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