Phylogenetic diversity and biodiversity indices on phylogenetic networks
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Phylogenetic diversity and biodiversity indices on phylogenetic networks.
In biodiversity conservation it is often necessary to prioritize the species to conserve. Existing approaches to prioritization, e.g. the Fair Proportion Index and the Shapley Value, are based on phylogenetic trees and rank species according to their contribution to overall phylogenetic diversity. However, in many cases evolution is not treelike and thus, phylogenetic networks have been develop...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mathematical Biosciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-5564
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2018.02.005