Setting evolutionary-based conservation priorities for a phylogenetically data-poor taxonomic group (Scleractinia)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-312

  Curnick, David J ^a,b   Head, C E I ^b,c   Huang, D ^d   Crabbe, M J C ^c,e   Gollock, M ^b   Hoeksema, B W ^f   Johnson, K G ^g   Jones, R ^b   Koldewey, H J ^b   Obura, D O ^h   Rosen, B R ^g   Smith, D J ⁱ   Taylor, M L ^c   Turner, J R ^j   Wren, S ^b,k   Redding, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^h Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean ^*  (Kenya)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^j BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Coral; Data poor; ED score; Evolutionary distinctiveness; Phylogenetic diversity; Prioritization; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84938994729     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12185     Document Type: Article

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