Mammals on the EDGE: conservation priorities based on threat and phylogeny.

Conservation priority setting based on phylogenetic diversity has frequently been proposed but rarely implemented. Here, we define a simple index that measures the contribution made by different species to phylogenetic diversity and show how the index might contribute towards species-based conservat...

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Main Authors: Nick J B Isaac, Samuel T Turvey, Ben Collen, Carly Waterman, Jonathan E M Baillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1808424?pdf=render