This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the loss of phylogeneticdiversity with extinction; the importance of organisms that are deeply branched in the tree of life, and the role of relict species. The second section is composed by contributions exploring methodological aspects, such as how to deal with abundance, sampling effort, or...
This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first sec...
Biodiversity and Evolution will be divided into two parts. The first part will include chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of organisms, based on the study of natural collections of Museum of Natural History. The second part will include chapters dedicated to evolution and biodiversity at the molecular level. The book will start with an epistemological and historical introduction. It will end with a critical overview of the notion of Anthropocene epoch.
Two distinctive parts: one based on the study of natural collections of Museum of Natural History, the...
Biodiversity and Evolution will be divided into two parts. The first part will include chapters devoted to the evolution and biodiversity of or...
