| Description |
xiii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Conservation biology ; no. 10 |
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Conservation biology ; 8 |
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Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) ; 8
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Conservation biology ; no. 10
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| Contents |
Molecular phylogenetics for conservation biology / Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Marcos Pérez-Losada and Keith A. Crandall -- Species : demarcation and diversity / Paul-Michael Agapow -- Phylogenetic units and currencies above and below the species level / John C. Avise -- Integrating phylogenetic diversity in the selection of priority areas for conservation : does it make a difference? / Ana S.L. Rodrigues, Thomas M. Brooks and Kevin J. Gaston -- Evolutionary heritage as a metric for conservation / Arne Ø. Mooers, Stephen B. Heard and Eva Chrostowski -- Age and area revisited : identifying global patterns and implications for conservation / Kate E. Jones, Wes Sechrest and John L. Gittleman -- Putting process on the map : why ecotones are important for preserving biodiversity / Thomas B. Smith ... [et al.] -- The oldest rainforests in Africa : stability or resilience for survival and diversity? / Jon C. Lovett ... [et al.] -- Late Tertiary and Quaternary climate change and centres of endemism in the southern African flora / Guy F. Midgley, Gail Reeves and Cornelia Klak -- Historical biogeography, diversity and conservation of Australia's tropical rainforest herpetofauna / Craig Moritz ... [et al.] -- Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history / Thomas M. Brooks ... [et al.] -- Correlates of extinction risk : phylogeny, biology, threat and scale / Andy Purvis ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms of extinction in birds : phylogeny, ecology and threats / Peter M. Bennett ... [et al.] -- Primate diversity patterns and their conservation in Amazonia / José Maria Cardoso da Silva ... [et al.] -- Predicting which species will become invasive : what's taxonomy got to do with it? / Julie Lockwood -- Phylogenetic futures after the latest mass extinction / Sean Nee -- Predicting future speciation / Timothy G. Barraclough and T. Jonathan Davies |
| Notes |
pbk. ed. has "conservation biology 8" on cover title |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Phylogeny -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Purvis, Andy, 1967-
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Gittleman, John L.
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Brooks, Thomas (Thomas M.)
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| LC no. |
2006296505 |
| ISBN |
0521532000 |
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