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Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity captures functional diversity unreliably [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 An ongoing conservation question is if we can maintain functional diversity by optimizing for preservation of phylogenetic diversity. Here, Mazel et al.
Florent Mazel +10 more
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Plant Diversity, 2023 Species diversity of angiosperms (flowering plants) varies greatly among regions. Geographic patterns of variation in species diversity are shaped by the interplay of ecological and evolutionary processes.
Hong Qian, Jian Zhang, Meichen Jiang
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Phylogenetic diversity and biodiversity indices on phylogenetic networks [PDF]
Mathematical Biosciences, 2018 In biodiversity conservation it is often necessary to prioritize the species to conserve. Existing approaches to prioritization, e.g. the Fair Proportion Index and the Shapley Value, are based on phylogenetic trees and rank species according to their contribution to overall phylogenetic diversity.
Kristina Wicke, Mareike Fischer
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Phylogenetic diversity–area curves [PDF]
Ecology, 2012 Phylogenetic diversity–area curves are analogous to species–area curves and quantify the relationship between the phylogenetic diversity of species assemblages and the area over which assemblages are sampled. Here, we developed theoretical expectations of these curves under different ecological and macroevolutionary processes. We first used simulations
Helmus, M.R., Ives, A.R.
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Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity.
New Phytologist, 2023 Regions harbouring high unique phylogenetic diversity (PD) are priority targets for conservation. Here, we analyse the global distribution of plant PD, which remains poorly understood despite plants being the foundation of most terrestrial habitats and ...
Melanie Tietje +7 more
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The phylogenetic diversity of metagenomes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Phylogenetic diversity--patterns of phylogenetic relatedness among organisms in ecological communities--provides important insights into the mechanisms underlying community assembly.
Steven W Kembel +3 more
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Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between 'true' turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The evolutionary dissimilarity between communities (phylogenetic beta diversity PBD) has been increasingly explored by ecologists and biogeographers to assess the relative roles of ecological and evolutionary processes in structuring natural communities.
Fabien Leprieur +5 more
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On the relationship between phylogenetic diversity and trait diversity.
Ecology, 2018 AbstractNiche differences are key to understanding the distribution and structure of biodiversity. To examine niche differences, we must first characterize how species occupy niche space, and two approaches are commonly used in the ecological literature.
C. Tucker +6 more
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Geographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity of aquatic angiosperms in China
Plant Diversity, 2023 China covers a vast territory harbouring a large number of aquatic plants. Although there are many studies on the β-diversity of total, herbaceous or woody plants in China and elsewhere, few studies have focused on aquatic plants.
Ya-Dong Zhou +5 more
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Author Correction: Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity captures functional diversity unreliably [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 The original version of this Article contained a plotting error in Figure 3g. The Serranidae and Siganidae families were misplaced in the plotted phylogeny. This error has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.
Florent Mazel +10 more
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