Phylogeny and conservation: Problems in the quantification of biodiversity
Principal Investigators:
John L. Gittleman, and Michael L. McKinneyWe propose a working group to assess the usefulness of algorithms and quantitative approaches to measuring biodiversity in terms of 'taxonomic distinctiveness' or 'independent evolutionary units'. We will critically evaluate whether and how phylogenetic information can be used to measure species value. Specifically, we will analyze the effects of sample size, topology, branch lengths and model of evolutionary change on various quantitative measures of phylogenetic diversity. Measures of phylogenetic diversity will then be applied to various... more
We propose a working group to assess the usefulness of algorithms and quantitative approaches to measuring biodiversity in terms of 'taxonomic distinctiveness' or 'independent evolutionary units'. We will critically evaluate whether and how phylogenetic information can be used to measure species value. Specifically, we will analyze the effects of sample size, topology, branch lengths and model of evolutionary change on various quantitative measures of phylogenetic diversity. Measures of phylogenetic diversity will then be applied to various conservation problems such rarity, species' conservation status, and extinction risk. The working group will provide a collaborative effort among ecologists, evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, systematists (both molecular and morphological) and conservation biologists, all of whom deal with synthetic comparative data in their respective fields. The end product will be a series of papers and an edited volume, Phylogeny and Conservation. collapse
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Participants and Meetings
Working Group Participants
| Activity | Dates | Further Information |
|---|---|---|
| Working Group | 15th—22nd August 1999 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 21st—24th August 2000 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 22nd—24th February 2001 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 22nd—26th July 2001 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 7th—11th February 2002 | Participant List |
| Working Group | 26th—29th September 2002 | Participant List |
Participant Contact Information
| Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds | olaf.bininda@tierzucht.tum.de | University of California, Davis |
| Thomas Brooks | tbrooks@natureserve.org | University of Arkansas |
| Keith A. Crandall | keith_crandall@byu.edu | Brigham Young University |
| Curtis C. Daehler | daehler@hawaii.edu | University of Hawaii |
| Dan Faith | danf@amsg.austmus.gov.au | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |
| John L. Gittleman | ecohead@uga.edu | University of Virginia |
| Julie L. Lockwood | lockwood@aesop.rutgers.edu | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Mark V. Lomolino | island@esf.edu | University of Oklahoma |
| Georgina Mace | g.mace@ucl.ac.uk | Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London |
| Lisa L. Manne | manne@utsc.utoronto.ca | University of Tennessee |
| Michael L. McKinney | mmckinne@utk.edu | University of Tennessee |
| Andy Purvis | a.purvis@ic.ac.uk | Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus |
| Gareth J. Russell | russell@njit.edu | University of Tennessee |
| Mark W. Schwartz | mwschwartz@ucdavis.edu | University of California, Davis |
| Wes Sechrest | sechrest@virginia.edu | University of Virginia |
| Diego P. Vazquez | dvazquez@lab.cricyt.edu.ar | University of Tennessee |
| Fredrik von Euler | University of British Columbia | |
| Robert K. Wayne | rwayne@ucla.edu | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Paul Williams | h.p.williams@lse.ac.uk | Natural History Museum, London |
| Paul-Michael Agapow | Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus | |
| Arne Mooers | amooers@sfu.ca | University of Amsterdam |
| Craig Moritz | craig.moritz@anu.edu.au | University of California, Berkeley |
| Robin Waples | robin.waples@noaa.gov | NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
| Tim M. Blackburn | tim.blackburn@ioz.ac.uk | University of Birmingham |
| Phillip Cassey | phill.cassey@adelaide.edu.au | |
| Jeffrey R. Duncan | National Park Service | |
| Kate E. Jones | kate.jones@ioz.ac.uk | University of Virginia |
| Michael P. Marchetti | California State University, Chico | |
| Sarah Reichard | reichard@u.washington.edu | University of Washington |
| Jon Bielby | Jon.Bielby@ioz.ac.uk | Zoological Society of London |
| Marcel Cardillo | m.cardillo@ic.ac.uk | Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus |
| Richard Grenyer | r.grenyer@ic.ac.uk | Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus |
| Mike Habib | mbh3q@cms.mail.virginia.edu | University of Virginia |
| Sam Price | sp9b@cms.mail.virginia.edu | University of Virginia |
Products: Publications, Reports, Datasets, Presentations, Visualizations
| Type | Products of NCEAS Research |
|---|---|
| Journal Article | Agapow, Paul-Michael; Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Crandall, Keith A.; Gittleman, John L.; Mace, Georgina; Marshall, Jonathon G.; Purvis, Andy. 2004. The impact of species concept on biodiversity studies. Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol: 79(2). Pages 161-179. |
| Journal Article | Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Vazquez, Diego P.; Manne, Lisa L. 2000. The calculus of biodiversity: Integrating phylogeny and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Vol: 15. Pages 92-94. |
| Journal Article | Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Gittleman, John L.; Steel, M. A. 2002. The (super)tree of life: Procedures, problems, and prospects. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. Vol: 33. Pages 265-289. (Abstract) |
| Journal Article | Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Jones, Kate E.; Price, Sam; Grenyer, Richard; Cardillo, Marcel; Habib, Mike; Purvis, Andy; Gittleman, John L. 2003. Supertrees are a necessary not-so-evil: A comment on Gatesy et al.. Systematic Biology. Vol: 52. Pages 724-729. |
| Journal Article | Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Cardillo, Marcel; Jones, Kate E.; MacPhee, Ross; Beck, Robin; Grenyer, Richard; Price, Sam; Vos, Rutger; Gittleman, John L.; Purvis, Andy. 2007. The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature. Vol: 446. Pages 507-513. |
| Journal Article | Blackburn, Tim M.; Jones, Kate E.; Cassey, Phillip; Losin, Neil. 2004. The influence of spatial resolution on macroecological patterns of range size variation: a case study using parrots (Aves : Psittaciformes) of the world. Journal of Biogeography. Vol: 31. Pages 285-293. |
| Journal Article | Cassey, Phillip; Blackburn, Tim M.; Russell, Gareth J.; Jones, Kate E.; Lockwood, Julie L. 2004. Influences on the transport and establishment of exotic bird species: an analysis of the parrots (Psittaciformes) of the world. Global Change Biology. Vol: 10. Pages 417-426. |
| Journal Article | Cassey, Phillip; Blackburn, Tim M.; Jones, Kate E.; Lockwood, Julie L. 2004. Mistakes in the analysis of exotic species establishment: Source pool designation and correlates of introduction success among parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of the world. Journal of Biogeography. Vol: 31(2). Pages 277-284. |
| Journal Article | Crandall, Keith A.; Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Mace, Georgina; Wayne, Robert K. 2000. Considering evolutionary processes in conservation biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Vol: 15. Pages 290-295. |
| Data Set | Crandall, Keith A. 2006. Evolutionary significant units (ESU) table. (Abstract) (Online version) |
| Journal Article | Faith, Dan. 2002. Quantifying biodiversity: A phylogenetic perspective. Conservation Biology. Vol: 16. Pages 248-252. |
| Journal Article | Jones, Kate E.; Bininda-Emonds, Olaf R. P.; Gittleman, John L. 2005. Bats, clocks, and rocks: Diversification patterns in chiroptera. Evolution. Vol: 59(10). Pages 2243-2255. |
| Journal Article | Lockwood, Julie L.; Russell, Gareth J.; Gittleman, John L.; Daehler, Curtis C.; McKinney, Michael L.; Purvis, Andy. 2002. A metric for analyzing taxonomic patterns of extinction risk. Conservation Biology. Vol: 16. Pages 1137-1142. |
| Journal Article | Mace, Georgina; Gittleman, John L.; Purvis, Andy. 2003. Preserving the tree of life. Science. Vol: 300. Pages 1707-1709. |
| Journal Article | Purvis, Andy; Agapow, Paul-Michael; Gittleman, John L.; Mace, Georgina. 2000. Nonrandom extinction and the loss of evolutionary history. Science. Vol: 288. Pages 328-330. |
| Book Chapter | Purvis, Andy; Mace, Georgina; Gittleman, John L. 2001. Past and future carnivore extinctions: A phylogenetic perspective. Edited by Gittleman, J. L.; Funk, S.; MacDonald, D. W.; Wayne, R. K.. Carnivore Conservation. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. Pages 11-34. |
| Book | Purvis, Andy; Gittleman, John L.; Brooks, Thomas. 2005. Phylogeny and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. Pages 446. |
| Journal Article | Sechrest, Wes; Brooks, Thomas; da Fonseca, Gustavo A. B.; Konstant, William R.; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Purvis, Andy; Rylands, Anthony B.; Gittleman, John L. 2002. Hotspots and the conservation of evolutionary history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol: 99. Pages 2067-2071. |
| Journal Article | von Euler, Fredrik. 2001. Selective extinction and rapid loss of evolutionary history in the bird fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. Vol: 268. Pages 127-130. |
| Journal Article | Williams, Paul; Faith, Dan; Manne, Lisa L.; Sechrest, Wes; Preston, Chris. 2006. Complementarity analysis: Mapping the performance of surrogates for biodiversity. Biological Conservation. Vol: 128. Pages 253-264. |
"Phylogeny and conservation: Problems in the quantification of biodiversity" is project ID: 2150