Phylogenetic Diversity Applications and Challenges in Biodiversity Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scherson, Rosa A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Faith, Daniel P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Biodiversity.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Evolutionary biology.; Nature conservation.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Nature Conservation.; Landscape Ecology.

"Biodiversity" refers to the variety of life. It is now agreed that there is a "biodiversity crisis", corresponding to extinction rates of species that may be 1000 times what is thought to be "normal". Biodiversity science has a higher profile than ever, with the new In...