Metapopulation Capacity Meets Evolutionary Distinctness : Spatial Fragmentation Complements Phylogenetic Rarity in Prioritization
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Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics / Pellens, Roseli; Grandcolas, Philippe (ed.). - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016. - (Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation ; 14). - pp. 319-332. - ISBN 978-3-319-22460-2
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Many species have declined or already gone extinct due to the human activities across the world causing what is termed the current sixth mass extinction event. The biggest determinant of species survival is the availability of a network of suitable habitat, affecting population size and eventual extinction risk. Considering that modern technology allows us to efficiently quantify habitat loss, species distribution data can inform us of the required minimum connectivity of habitats. Evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) is already part of conservation schemes to prioritize rare traits and unique phylogenetic history. However, so far none of these prioritisations quantifies the spatial constraints of a species to estimate long-term persistence based on the fragmentation of the landscape. Metapopulation capacity (λM) is one such measurement for quantifying fragmentation. Here we propose a combination of metapopulation capacity and phylogenetic distinctiveness to prioritize important specific habitat patches for evolutionary distinct species. We applied the new framework to prioritize island mammals and found Data Deficient and Least Concern species with a high combined value in ED and λM. Balancing between the extinction risks of solitary islands and the potential loss of unique evolutionary history of rare species on these islands can be a worthwhile exercise in prioritization schemes.
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SCHNELL, Jessica K., Kamran SAFI, 2016. Metapopulation Capacity Meets Evolutionary Distinctness : Spatial Fragmentation Complements Phylogenetic Rarity in Prioritization. In: PELLENS, Roseli, ed., Philippe GRANDCOLAS, ed.. Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics. Cham:Springer International Publishing, pp. 319-332. ISBN 978-3-319-22460-2. Available under: doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-22461-9_16BibTex
@incollection{Schnell2016Metap-39822, year={2016}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-22461-9_16}, title={Metapopulation Capacity Meets Evolutionary Distinctness : Spatial Fragmentation Complements Phylogenetic Rarity in Prioritization}, number={14}, isbn={978-3-319-22460-2}, publisher={Springer International Publishing}, address={Cham}, series={Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation}, booktitle={Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics}, pages={319--332}, editor={Pellens, Roseli and Grandcolas, Philippe}, author={Schnell, Jessica K. and Safi, Kamran} }
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