Biodiversity conservation: Does phylogeny matter?

doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70242-8

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Volume 8, Issue 11, 21 May 1998, Pages R379-R381

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Abstract

To conserve biodiversity, it is necessary not only to maximize the number of taxa that are saved today, but also to guarantee the maintenance of high levels of biological diversity in the future. A recent analysis argues that, to achieve this, consideration of phylogeny is essential.

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DP Vázquez and JL Gittleman, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610, USA.

E-mail address for JL Gittleman: [email protected].

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