Phylogeny and conservation: Problems in the quantification of biodiversity

Principal Investigators:

John L. Gittleman, and Michael L. McKinney

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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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 [at] tierzucht.tum.de	University of California, Davis
Thomas Brooks	thomas.brooks [at] iucn.org	University of Arkansas
Keith A. Crandall	keith_crandall [at] byu.edu	Brigham Young University
Curtis C. Daehler	daehler [at] hawaii.edu	University of Hawaii
Dan Faith	danf [at] amsg.austmus.gov.au	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
John L. Gittleman	ecohead [at] uga.edu	University of Virginia
Julie L. Lockwood	lockwood [at] aesop.rutgers.edu	University of California, Santa Cruz
Mark V. Lomolino	island [at] esf.edu	University of Oklahoma
Georgina Mace	g.mace [at] ucl.ac.uk	Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
Lisa L. Manne	manne [at] utsc.utoronto.ca	University of Tennessee
Michael L. McKinney	mmckinne [at] utk.edu	University of Tennessee
Andy Purvis	a.purvis [at] ic.ac.uk	Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
Gareth J. Russell	russell [at] njit.edu	University of Tennessee
Mark W. Schwartz	mwschwartz [at] ucdavis.edu	University of California, Davis
Wes Sechrest	sechrest [at] virginia.edu	University of Virginia
Diego P. Vazquez	dvazquez [at] lab.cricyt.edu.ar	University of Tennessee
Fredrik von Euler		University of British Columbia
Robert K. Wayne	rwayne [at] ucla.edu	University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Williams	h.p.williams [at] lse.ac.uk	Natural History Museum, London
Paul-Michael Agapow		Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
Arne Mooers	amooers [at] sfu.ca	University of Amsterdam
Craig Moritz	craig.moritz [at] anu.edu.au	University of California, Berkeley
Robin Waples	robin.waples [at] noaa.gov	NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Tim M. Blackburn	tim.blackburn [at] ioz.ac.uk	University of Birmingham
Phillip Cassey	phill.cassey [at] adelaide.edu.au
Jeffrey R. Duncan		National Park Service
Kate E. Jones	kate.jones [at] ioz.ac.uk	University of Virginia
Michael P. Marchetti		California State University, Chico
Sarah Reichard	reichard [at] u.washington.edu	University of Washington
Jon Bielby	Jon.Bielby [at] ioz.ac.uk	Zoological Society of London
Marcel Cardillo	m.cardillo [at] ic.ac.uk	Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
Richard Grenyer	r.grenyer [at] ic.ac.uk	Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
Mike Habib	mbh3q [at] cms.mail.virginia.edu	University of Virginia
Sam Price	sp9b [at] 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.