NCEAS Working Groups
Phylogeny and conservation: Problems in the quantification of biodiversity
Project Description
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.

Data for public consumption
Principal Investigator(s)
John L. Gittleman, Michael L. McKinney
Project Dates
Start: August 15, 1999
End: September 29, 2002
completed
Participants
- Paul-Michael Agapow
- Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
- Jon Bielby
- Zoological Society of London
- Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds
- University of Munich
- Tim M. Blackburn
- University of Birmingham
- Thomas Brooks
- Conservation International
- Marcel Cardillo
- Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
- Phillip Cassey
- Keith A. Crandall
- Brigham Young University
- Curtis C. Daehler
- University of Hawaii
- Jeffrey R. Duncan
- National Park Service
- Dan Faith
- Australian Museum
- John L. Gittleman
- University of Virginia
- Richard Grenyer
- Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
- Mike Habib
- University of Virginia
- Kate E. Jones
- University of Virginia
- Julie L. Lockwood
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Mark V. Lomolino
- University of Oklahoma
- Georgina Mace
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
- Lisa L. Manne
- University of Tennessee
- Michael P. Marchetti
- California State University, Chico
- Michael L. McKinney
- University of Tennessee
- Arne Mooers
- University of Amsterdam
- Craig Moritz
- University of California, Berkeley
- Sam Price
- University of Virginia
- Andy Purvis
- Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
- Sarah Reichard
- University of Washington
- Gareth J. Russell
- University of Tennessee
- Mark W. Schwartz
- University of California, Davis
- Wes Sechrest
- University of Virginia
- Diego P. Vazquez
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Fredrik von Euler
- University of British Columbia
- Robin S. Waples
- NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Robert K. Wayne
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Paul Williams
- Natural History Museum, London
Products
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Journal Article / 2004
The impact of species concept on biodiversity studies
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Journal Article / 2000
The calculus of biodiversity: Integrating phylogeny and conservation
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Journal Article / 2002
The (super)tree of life: Procedures, problems, and prospects
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Journal Article / 2003
Supertrees are a necessary not-so-evil: A comment on Gatesy et al.
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Journal Article / 2007
The delayed rise of present-day mammals
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Journal Article / 2004
The influence of spatial resolution on macroecological patterns of range size variation: a case study using parrots (Aves : Psittaciformes) of the world
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Journal Article / 2004
Influences on the transport and establishment of exotic bird species: an analysis of the parrots (Psittaciformes) of the world
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Journal Article / 2004
Mistakes in the analysis of exotic species establishment: Source pool designation and correlates of introduction success among parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of the world
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Journal Article / 2000
Considering evolutionary processes in conservation biology
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Data Set / 2006
Evolutionary significant units (ESU) table
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Journal Article / 2002
Quantifying biodiversity: A phylogenetic perspective
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Journal Article / 2005
Bats, clocks, and rocks: Diversification patterns in chiroptera
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Journal Article / 2002
A metric for analyzing taxonomic patterns of extinction risk
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Journal Article / 2003
Preserving the tree of life
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Journal Article / 2000
Nonrandom extinction and the loss of evolutionary history
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Book Chapter / 2001
Past and future carnivore extinctions: A phylogenetic perspective
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Book / 2005
Phylogeny and Conservation
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Journal Article / 2002
Hotspots and the conservation of evolutionary history
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Journal Article / 2001
Selective extinction and rapid loss of evolutionary history in the bird fauna
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Journal Article / 2006
Complementarity analysis: Mapping the performance of surrogates for biodiversity