Tetrapods on the EDGE: Overcoming data limitations to identify phylogenetic conservation priorities.

The scale of the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires both effective conservation prioritisation and urgent action. As extinction is non-random across the tree of life, it is important to prioritise threatened species which represent large amounts of evolutionary history. The EDGE metric prioritises...

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Main Authors: Rikki Gumbs, Claudia L Gray, Oliver R Wearn, Nisha R Owen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5894989?pdf=render