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Mammalian phylogenetic diversity-area relationships at a continental scale.
Ecology - 1 Oct 2015
Mazel Florent, Renaud Julien, Guilhaumon François, Mouillot David, Gravel Dominique, Thuiller Wilfried
Abstract excerpt
In analogy to the species-area relationship (SAR), one of the few laws in ecology, the phylogenetic diversity-area relationship (PDAR) describes the tendency of phylogenetic diversity (PD) to increase with area. Although investigating PDAR has the potential to unravel the underlying processes shaping assemblages across spatial scales and to predict PD loss through habitat reduction, it has been little...
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