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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Complete, accurate, mammalian phylogenies aid conservation planning, but not much
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 366, No. 1578, Year 2011
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In the face of unprecedented global biodiversity loss, conservation planning must balance between refining and deepening knowledge versus acting on current information to preserve species and communities. Phylogenetic diversity (PD), a biodiversity measure that takes into account the evolutionary relationships between species, is arguably a more meaningful measure of biodiversity than species diversity, but cannot yet be applied to conservation planning for the majority of taxa for which phylogenetic trees have not yet been developed. Here, we investigate how the quality of data on the taxonomy and/or phylogeny of species affects the results of spatial conservation planning in terms of the representation of overall mammalian PD. The results show that the better the quality of the biodiversity data the better they can serve as a basis for conservation planning. However, decisions based on incomplete data are remarkably robust across different levels of degrading quality concerning the description of new species and the availability of phylogenetic information. Thus, given the level of urgency and the need for action, conservation planning can safely make use of the best available systematic data, limited as these data may be. © 2011 The Royal Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rodrigues, Ana S.L.
France, Montpellier
Centre D’ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Grenyer, Richard
United Kingdom, Oxford
Oxford Social Sciences Division
Baillie, Jonathan E.M.
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London
Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R.P.
Germany, Oldenburg
Universität Oldenburg
Gittlemann, John L.
United States, Athens
University of Georgia
Hoffmann, Mike
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
Safi, Kamran
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
Germany, Pocking
Max-planck-institut Für Ornithologie
Schipper, Jan
United States, Hilo
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Stuart, Simon N.
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
United Kingdom, Cambridge
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United States, Arlington
Conservation International
United Kingdom, Bath
University of Bath
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort
Brooks, Thomas M.
United States, Arlington
Natureserve
Philippines, Los Banos
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Australia, Hobart
University of Tasmania
Statistics
Citations: 58
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rstb.2011.0104
ISSN:
09628436