Phylogeny and Conservation

by Andrew Purvis

Book Overview

Phylogeny is a potentially powerful tool for conserving biodiversity. This book explores how it can be used to tackle questions of great practical importance and urgency for conservation. Using case studies from many different taxa and regions of the world, the volume evaluates how useful phylogeny is in understanding the processes that have generated today's diversity and the processes that now threaten it. The novelty of many of the applications,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521532000
• ISBN13: 9780521532006
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"