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