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phylogenetic diversity: a standalone construct

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Conservation science

a measure of biodiversity summing the branch lengths of the evolutionary tree spanned by a set of species.

In conservation science, phylogenetic diversity refers to a measure of biodiversity summing the branch lengths of the evolutionary tree spanned by a set of species. This meaning comes from Faith (1992) in Biological Conservation.[1]

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biodiversity3 names · 4 citationsjangle · one idea, four rival measures conservation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs diversity3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Faith, D. P. (1992). Conservation evaluation and phylogenetic diversity. Biological Conservation, 61(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(92)91201-3

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