The use of phylogenetic diversity in conservation biology and community ecology: A common base but different approaches

S Veron, V Saito, N Padilla-García… - … Quarterly Review of …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
The use of phylogenetic tools and studies has strongly increased in the last two decades
especially in conservation biology and community ecology. Phylogenetic trees are essential …

Plant diversity patterns and conservation implications under climate-change scenarios in the Mediterranean: The case of Crete (Aegean, Greece)

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, P Trigas… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate change poses a great challenge for biodiversity conservation. Several studies exist
regarding climate change's impacts on European plants, yet none has investigated how …

Linking taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional plant diversity with ecosystem services of cliffs and screes in Greece

M Panitsa, IP Kokkoris, K Kougioumoutzis… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sparsely vegetated habitats of cliffs and screes act as refugia for many regional and local
endemic specialized plant taxa most of which have evolved precisely for that type of habitat …

Phylogenetically informed spatial planning as a tool to prioritise areas for threatened plant conservation within a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot

A Carta, D Gargano, G Rossi, G Bacchetta… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global plant diversity is at risk due to anthropogenic changes to ecosystems, but given
severely limited conservation resources, a reliable prioritisation strategy for species and …

Warmer and poorer: the fate of alpine calcareous grasslands in central Apennines (Italy)

M Varricchione, ML Carranza, V Di Cecco, L Di Martino… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global change threatens alpine biodiversity and its effects vary across habitat types and
biogeographic regions. We explored vegetation changes over the last 20 years on two …

[HTML][HTML] Geographical distribution and conservation strategy of national key protected wild plants of China

C Ye, H Liu, H Qin, J Shu, Z Zhou, X Jin - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
National key protected wild plants (NKPWPs) are considered flagship species for plant
diversity conservation in China. Using data for 1101 species, we characterized NKPWPs …

Phylogenetic diversity of the mangrove crabs' communities in the Persian Gulf; its relationship with functional diversity highlights conservation priorities

A Raeisbahrami, R Naderloo - Marine Biodiversity, 2023 - Springer
Functional and phylogenetic diversity analyses can be very helpful for understanding the
structure, health, and evolutionary history of a community. In this work, we calculate the …

Flora of the hot deserts: emerging patterns from phylogeny-based diversity studies

R Scherson Vicencio, F Luebert Bruron, P Pliscoff… - 2020 - repositorio.uchile.cl
Relatively recent increases in molecular and geographic data for many taxa in different
areas of the world have provided scientists with tools to evaluate biodiversity using …

[PDF][PDF] Avian speciation and biodiversity in South-east Sulawesi, Indonesia: drivers of diversification

DP O'Connell - 2018 - researchgate.net
Global biodiversity is poorly understood, despite its importance for humanity. As biodiversity
loss reaches critical levels, greater knowledge of its distribution is needed to concentrate …

[PDF][PDF] 北京及周边地区刺蛾科昆虫系统发育多样性研究

李晶, 杨采青, 武春生, 张爱兵 - 应用昆虫学报, 2019 - researchgate.net
摘要[目的] 鳞翅目刺蛾科(Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) 昆虫是重要经济, 行道林木的主要害虫,
本试验旨在研究北京及周边地区刺蛾科昆虫的系统发育多样性, 阐明其群落结构组成与环境因子 …