Searching for a silver bullet: Measuring biodiversity to inform species conservation

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

Ecologists have found that evolutionary diversity can be an effective method for identifying hotspots of mammal biodiversity. They report that evolutionary diversity can be an effective proxy for both the sheer number of species as well as their characteristics and ecological roles. Their findings could help conservation organizations better protect threatened species across the globe.

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