Conservation evaluation and phylogenetic diversity

1992/01/01 by Daniel P. Faith · 5,854 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Biology #Cladistics #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Evolutionary biology #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Phylogenetic diversity #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Plant and animal studies #Taxon #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/0006-3207(92)91201-3

published in Biological Conservation 61(1), 1-10 (Elsevier BV)

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