title: Biodiversity conservation: does phylogeny matter?
abstract: To conserve biodiversity, it is necessary not only to maximize the number of taxa that are saved today, but also to guarantee the maintenance of high levels of biological diversity in the future. A recent analysis argues that, to achieve this, consideration of phylogeny is essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1610, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gittleman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants