conserving the functional and phylogenetic trees of life of european tetrapods

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1662, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Thuiller, Wilfried ^a,b   Maiorano, Luigi ^c   Mazel, Florent ^a,b   Guilhaumon, François ^d   Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a,b   Lavergne, Sébastien ^a,b   Renaud, Julien ^a,b   Roquet, Cristina ^a,b   Mouillot, David ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Endemics; Evolutionary distinctiveness; Functional distinctiveness; Gap analysis; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; TETRAPODA;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPTILE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

EID: 84964695977     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0005     Document Type: Article

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