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This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the loss of phylogenetic diversity with extinction; the importance of organisms that are deeply branched in the tree of life, and the role of relict species. The second section is composed by contributions exploring methodological aspects, such as how to deal with abundance, sampling effort, or conflicting trees in analysis of phylogenetic diversity. The last section is devoted to applications, showing how phylogenetic diversity can be integrated in systematic conservation planning, in EDGE and HEDGE evaluations. This wide coverage makes the book a reference for academics, policy makers and stakeholders dealing with biodiversity conservation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Phylogenetics and conservation biology: drawing a path into the diversity of life.- The value of phylogenetic diversity.- The PD phylogenetic diversity framework: linking evolutionary history to feature diversity for biodiversity conservation.- Reconsidering the loss of evolutionary history: how does non-random extinction prune the tree-of-life?- Phylogenetics and conservation in New Zealand: the long and the short of it.- What is the meaning of extreme phylogenetic diversity? The case of phylogenetic relict species.- Using phylogenetic dissimilarities among sites for biodiversity assessments and conservation.- Phylogenetic diversity measures and their decomposition: a framework based on hill numbers.- Split diversity: measuring and optimizing biodiversity using phylogenetic split networks.- The rarefaction of phylogenetic diversity: formulation, extension and application.- Support in area prioritization using phylogenetic information.- Assessing hotspots of evolutionary history with data from multiple phylogenies: an analysis of endemic clades from New Caledonia.- Representing hotspots of evolutionary history in systematic conservation planning for European mammals.- Priorities for conservation of the evolutionary history of amphibians in the cerrado.- Global spatial analyses of phylogenetic conservation priorities for aquatic mammals.- Metapopulation capacity meets evolutionary distinctness: spatial fragmentation complements phylogenetic rarity in prioritization. - Patterns of species, phylogenetic and mimicry diversity of clearwing butterflies in the Neotropics.- Conservation of phylogenetic diversity in Madagascar's largest endemic plant family, Sarcolaenaceae.- The future of phylogenetic systematics in conservation biology: linking biodiversity and society.
Zusammenfassung
This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the loss of phylogenetic diversity with extinction; the importance of organisms that are deeply branched in the tree of life, and the role of relict species. The second section is composed by contributions exploring methodological aspects, such as how to deal with abundance, sampling effort, or conflicting trees in analysis of phylogenetic diversity. The last section is devoted to applications, showing how phylogenetic diversity can be integrated in systematic conservation planning, in EDGE and HEDGE evaluations. This wide coverage makes the book a reference for academics, policy makers and stakeholders dealing with biodiversity conservation.
