UID:
almafu_9960117060302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 431 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-14656-9
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1-280-41539-8
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9786610415397
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0-511-18277-5
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0-511-12932-7
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0-511-20055-2
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0-511-61492-6
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0-511-30093-X
Series Statement:
Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) ; 8
Content:
Phylogeny is a potentially powerful tool for conserving biodiversity. This book explores how it can be used to tackle questions of great practical importance and urgency for conservation. Using case studies from many different taxa and regions of the world, the volume evaluates how useful phylogeny is in understanding the processes that have generated today's diversity and the processes that now threaten it. The novelty of many of the applications, the increasing ease with which phylogenies can be generated, the urgency with which conservation decisions have to be made and the need to make decisions that are as good as possible together make this volume a timely and important synthesis which will be of great value to researchers, practitioners and policy-makers alike.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Molecular phylogenetics for conservation biology /
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Species : demarcation and diversity /
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Phylogenetic units and currencies above and below the species level /
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Integrating phylogenetic diversity in the selection of priority areas for conservation : does it make a difference? /
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Evolutionary heritage as a metric for conservation /
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Age and area revisited : identifying global patterns and implications for conservation /
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Putting process on the map : why ecotones are important for preserving biodiversity /
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The oldest rainforests in Africa : stability or resilience for survival and diversity? /
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Late Tertiary and Quaternary climate change and centres of endemism in the southern African flora /
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Historical biogeography, diversity and conservation of Australia's tropical rainforest herpetofauna /
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Conservation status and geographic.
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Correlates of extinction risk : phylogeny, biology, threat and scale /
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Mechanisms of extinction in birds : phylogeny, ecology and threats /
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Primate diversity patterns and their conservation in Amazonia /
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Predicting which species will become invasive : what's taxonomy got to do with it? /
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Phylogenetic futures after the latest mass extinction /
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Predicting future speciation /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-53200-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-82502-4
Language:
English
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