The conservation of evolutionary history has been linked to increased benefits for humanity
and can be captured by phylogenetic diversity (PD). The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally …

Resurrecting extinct species is a fascinating and challenging idea for scientists and the
general public. Whereas some theoretical progress has been made for animals, the …

Phylogenetic diversity (PD)—the evolutionary history of a set of species—is conceptually
linked to the maintenance of yet-to-be-discovered benefits from biodiversity or “option …

Protecting nature's contributions to people requires accelerating extinction risk assessment
and better integrating evolutionary, functional and used diversity with conservation planning …

Following severe forest loss in recent decades, Southeast Asian countries are increasingly
employing social forestry as a means to ensure the sustainable development of their forest …

Abstract Knowledge shortfalls of the evolutionary history of bony fishes hamper
phylogenetically informed conservation approaches. To direct future research efforts and …

The biodiversity crisis is pruning the Tree of Life in a way that threatens billions of years of
evolutionary history and there is a need to understand where the greatest losses are …

Human-driven extinction threatens entire lineages across the Tree of Life. Here we assess
the conservation status of jawed vertebrate evolutionary history, using three policy-relevant …

Biodiversity in the Neotropics includes an extraordinary diversity of plant variation produced
by evolution that is useful for human well-being. Traditional knowledge of the Tenek, a …

Premise Conservation policies typically focus on biodiversity hotspots. An alternative
approach involves analyzing the evolutionary history of lineages in geographic areas along …