Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human impacts

Rikki Gumbs; Claudia L. Gray; Monika Böhm; Michael Hoffmann; Richard Grenyer; Walter Jetz; Shai Meiri; Uri Roll; Nisha R. Owen; James Rosindell

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16410-6

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human impacts

Rikki Gumbs,
Claudia L. Gray,
Monika Böhm,
Michael Hoffmann,
Richard Grenyer,
Walter Jetz,
Shai Meiri,
Uri Roll,
Nisha R. Owen,
James Rosindell

Affiliations

Rikki Gumbs: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot
Claudia L. Gray: EDGE of Existence Programme, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park
Monika Böhm: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park
Michael Hoffmann: Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park
Richard Grenyer: School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Walter Jetz: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Yale University
Shai Meiri: School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
Uri Roll: Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Nisha R. Owen: On The EDGE Conservation
James Rosindell: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16410-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In addition to species richness, evolutionary measures of biodiversity are important considerations for conservation. Here, Gumbs et al. develop new biodiversity metrics incorporating phylogenetic diversity and human pressure and highlight conservation priorities in a global analysis of reptiles.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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