Phylogenetic diversity in conservation: A brief history, critical overview, and challenges to progress

Species that are evolutionarily distinct have long been valued for their unique and irreplaceable contribution to biodiversity. About 30 years ago, this idea was extended to the concept of phylogenetic diversity (PD): a quantitative, continuous-scale index of conservation value for a set of species,...

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Published in:	Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
Main Author:	Marcel Cardillo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Conservation prioritization EDGE evolutionary distinctness evolutionary history extinction phylogenetics
Online Access:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755095823000086/type/journal_article

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