Multi-species risk analysis, species evaluation and biodiversity conservation.
The multi-species conservation approaches starting from Vane-Wright et al. (1991) search for a biologically valid basis to evaluate biodiversity. Such evaluations can be used to optimize reserve boundaries so reserves contain a high level of biodiversity. However, these optimization procedures do not minimize the future loss of biodiversity. We provide a method that can be used to minimize the loss of biodiversity. The method integrates an evolutionary species evaluation with an ecological multi-species risk analysis to estimate the expected loss of phylogenetic diversity. A minimization of this loss will optimize the preservation of phylogenetic diversity.
Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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D005075:Biological Evolution; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny; D011336:Probability; D012306:Risk