Assessing the utility of conserving evolutionary history

Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services

(2019) Heather Grab et al.   SCIENCE

Global conservation of phylogenetic diversity captures more than just functional diversity

(2019) Nisha R. Owen et al.   Nature Communications

Reply to: “Global conservation of phylogenetic diversity captures more than just functional diversity”

(2019) Florent Mazel et al.   Nature Communications

Difficult decisions: Strategies for conservation prioritization when taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity are not spatially congruent

(2018) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

On the relationship between phylogenetic diversity and trait diversity

(2018) Caroline M. Tucker et al.   ECOLOGY

Evolutionary isolation and phylogenetic diversity loss under random extinction events

(2018) Mike Steel et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales

(2018) Rachael Winfree et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing nature's contributions to people

(2018) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity captures functional diversity unreliably

(2018) Florent Mazel et al.   Nature Communications

Global priorities for conserving the evolutionary history of sharks, rays and chimaeras

(2018) R. William Stein et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes

(2018) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   NATURE

Integrating the aesthetic value of landscapes and biological diversity

(2018) Anne-Sophie Tribot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disentangling direct and indirect effects of water availability, vegetation, and topography on avian diversity

(2018) Vladimír Remeš et al.   Scientific Reports

Editorial overview: Relational values: what are they, and what’s the fuss about?

(2018) Kai MA Chan et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Testing for local adaptation and evolutionary potential along altitudinal gradients in rainforest Drosophila : beyond laboratory estimates

(2017) Eleanor K. O'Brien et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Spatial scaling of extinction rates: Theory and data reveal nonlinearity and a major upscaling and downscaling challenge

(2017) Petr Keil et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Scale dependence of the diversity-stability relationship in a temperate grassland

(2017) Yunhai Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space

(2017) Georgina E. Southon et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Large conservation gains possible for global biodiversity facets

(2017) Laura J. Pollock et al.   NATURE

Speciation gradients and the distribution of biodiversity

(2017) Dolph Schluter et al.   NATURE

Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity

(2017) Fernanda T. Brum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extinction risk is most acute for the world’s largest and smallest vertebrates

(2017) William J. Ripple et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conserving Phylogenetic Diversity Can Be a Poor Strategy for Conserving Functional Diversity

(2017) Florent Mazel et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Plant survival and keystone pollinator species in stochastic coextinction models: role of intrinsic dependence on animal-pollination

(2017) Anna Traveset et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum

(2017) Silvia B. Carvalho et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences

(2017) Julien Troudet et al.   Scientific Reports

Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles

(2016) Uri Roll et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology

(2016) Caroline M. Tucker et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Deconstructing the relationships between phylogenetic diversity and ecology: a case study on ecosystem functioning

(2016) T. Jonathan Davies et al.   ECOLOGY

Do experiments exploring plant diversity-ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems?

(2016) David A. Wardle   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Comparative phylogeography of the ocean planet

(2016) Brian W. Bowen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding the value of plant diversity for ecosystem functioning through niche theory

(2016) Lindsay A. Turnbull et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Anthropocene map of genetic diversity

(2016) A. Miraldo et al.   SCIENCE

Progress to extinction: increased specialisation causes the demise of animal clades

(2016) P. Raia et al.   Scientific Reports

Evolutionary prediction of medicinal properties in the genus Euphorbia L.

(2016) Madeleine Ernst et al.   Scientific Reports

Model Adequacy and the Macroevolution of Angiosperm Functional Traits

(2015) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better)

(2015) Pille Gerhold et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Marine extinction risk shaped by trait-environment interactions over 500 million years

(2015) Emily A. Orzechowski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fossils, phylogenies, and the challenge of preserving evolutionary history in the face of anthropogenic extinctions

(2015) Danwei Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Community rescue in experimental metacommunities

(2015) Etienne Low-Décarie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

(2015) V. Gagic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

(2014) David Tilman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Global Distribution and Conservation of Evolutionary Distinctness in Birds

(2014) Walter Jetz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic trees do not reliably predict feature diversity

(2014) Steven Kelly et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Functional and phylogenetic diversity and assemblage structure of frugivorous birds along an elevational gradient in the tropical Andes

(2014) D. Matthias Dehling et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Multifaceted diversity-area relationships reveal global hotspots of mammalian species, trait and lineage diversity

(2014) Florent Mazel et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Then-dimensional hypervolume

(2014) Benjamin Blonder et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

A Generalized K Statistic for Estimating Phylogenetic Signal from Shape and Other High-Dimensional Multivariate Data

(2014) Dean C. Adams   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary rescue in a changing world

(2014) Stephanie M. Carlson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate change

(2014) Richard G. Pearson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Species Richness and the Temporal Stability of Biomass Production: A New Analysis of Recent Biodiversity Experiments

(2013) Kevin Gross et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

An integrative view of phylogenetic comparative methods: connections to population genetics, community ecology, and paleobiology

(2013) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Biodiversity and ecosystem stability: a synthesis of underlying mechanisms

(2013) Michel Loreau et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

(2013) Adam J Vanbergen et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Evolution in an acidifying ocean

(2013) Jennifer M. Sunday et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Which intrinsic traits predict vulnerability to extinction depends on the actual threatening processes

(2013) Manuela González-Suárez et al.   Ecosphere

Evolutionary Inferences from Phylogenies: A Review of Methods

(2012) Brian C. O'Meara   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Coextinction and Persistence of Dependent Species in a Changing World

(2012) Robert K. Colwell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Incorporating Geographical and Evolutionary Rarity into Conservation Prioritization

(2012) CAROLINE M. TUCKER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic and functional characteristics of household yard floras and their changes along an urbanization gradient

(2012) Sonja Knapp et al.   ECOLOGY

Variability in life-history and ecological traits is a buffer against extinction in mammals

(2012) Manuela González-Suárez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: the importance of multiple assembly processes

(2012) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Eutrophication causes speciation reversal in whitefish adaptive radiations

(2012) P. Vonlanthen et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Phylogenies reveal predictive power of traditional medicine in bioprospecting

(2012) C. H. Saslis-Lagoudakis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Phylogenetic diversity and nature conservation: where are we?

(2012) Marten Winter et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

How to measure and test phylogenetic signal

(2012) Tamara Münkemüller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Defining conservation priorities for freshwater fishes according to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity

(2011) Angela L. Strecker et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity

(2011) K. Safi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

More diverse plant communities have higher functioning over time due to turnover in complementary dominant species

(2011) E. Allan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Species Gains and Losses

(2011) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Interplay Between Changing Climate and Species' Ecology Drives Macroevolutionary Dynamics

(2011) T. H. G. Ezard et al.   SCIENCE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Extinction Risk and Diversification Are Linked in a Plant Biodiversity Hotspot

(2011) T. Jonathan Davies et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Measuring biodiversity to explain community assembly: a unified approach

(2010) S. Pavoine et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Selectivity in Mammalian Extinction Risk and Threat Types: a New Measure of Phylogenetic Signal Strength in Binary Traits

(2010) SUSANNE A. FRITZ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world

(2010) Vincent Devictor et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

EARLY BURSTS OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE EVOLUTION ARE RARE IN COMPARATIVE DATA

(2010) Luke J Harmon et al.   EVOLUTION

Worldwide decline of specialist species: toward a global functional homogenization?

(2010) Joanne Clavel et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services

(2010) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species

(2010) Daniel E. Schindler et al.   NATURE

Plant Trait Diversity Buffers Variability in Denitrification Potential over Changes in Season and Soil Conditions

(2010) Bonnie M. McGill et al.   PLoS One

Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity

(2010) E. S. Zavaleta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Species Selection Maintains Self-Incompatibility

(2010) E. E. Goldberg et al.   SCIENCE

Testing and Quantifying Phylogenetic Signals and Homoplasy in Morphometric Data

(2010) Christian Peter Klingenberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Ecological limits and diversification rate: alternative paradigms to explain the variation in species richness among clades and regions

(2009) Daniel L. Rabosky   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology

(2009) Jeannine Cavender-Bares et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

New multivariate tests for phylogenetic signal and trait correlations applied to ecophysiological phenotypes of nine Manglietia species

(2009) Li Zheng et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Towards a trait-based quantification of species niche

(2009) C. Violle et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history

(2009) DAN ROSAUER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   PLoS One

Flagship species on covers of US conservation and nature magazines

(2008) Barbara Clucas et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: A review of 22 years of recommendations

(2008) Nicole E. Heller et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Less lineages more trait variation: phylogenetically clustered plant communities are functionally more diverse

(2008) Andreas Prinzing et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Nonrandom extinction leads to elevated loss of angiosperm evolutionary history

(2008) Jana C. Vamosi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa

(2008) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

BIOTIC INTERACTIONS AND MACROEVOLUTION: EXTENSIONS AND MISMATCHES ACROSS SCALES AND LEVELS

(2008) David Jablonski   EVOLUTION

Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations

(2008) Sally N. Aitken et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Higher origination and extinction rates in larger mammals

(2008) L. H. Liow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic Signal, Evolutionary Process, and Rate

(2008) Liam J. Revell et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Endangering the endangered: The effects of perceived rarity on species exploitation

(2008) Richard J. Hall et al.   Conservation Letters

Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing environments

(2007) OLE SEEHAUSEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY