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dc.contributor.authorAguilar Tomasini, Maria Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Michael David
dc.contributor.authorSpeed, James David Mervyn
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-13T09:23:44Z
dc.date.available2022-10-13T09:23:44Z
dc.date.created2021-09-23T14:07:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Ecology and Conservation. 2021, 31 .en_US
dc.identifier.issn2351-9894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3025822
dc.description.abstractPhylogenetic diversity is a biodiversity measurement that describes the amount of evolutionary history contained by the taxonomic units in a region. It has proven to be an important metric for determining conservation priorities. Mammalian phylogenetic diversity patterns have been suggested as potential surrogates of biodiversity for establishing priority areas for conservation. This study aims to identify areas of high mammalian phylogenetic diversity in Mexico, a megadiverse country with high mammalian richness, and to assess how well protected areas encompass the phylogenetic diversity. IUCN distribution data for 479 Mexican mammals were used to estimate species richness. Data for the molecular markers cytB, 12S and COI, was gathered from GenBank and from laboratory extractions for reconstructing a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree. Spatial patterns in phylogenetic diversity were estimated by summing the branch lengths of the phylogenetic tree representing species presence across grid cells. The results were compared with the distribution of protected areas in Mexico in order to assess if phylogenetic diversity is effectively conserved. The southeastern part of Mexico was found to be the most diverse. The breadth of the phylogenetic tree was well represented within the protected areas. Beta-diversity analyses showed that the species composition between protected and unprotected areas is very similar. Protected areas group based on the phylogenetic composition of mammal species into three clusters corresponding to the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Mexican Transition Zone biogeographical regions, which suggests that protected areas could be managed based on these clusters.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Scienceen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssessing spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity of Mexican mammals for biodiversity conservationen_US
dc.title.alternativeAssessing spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity of Mexican mammals for biodiversity conservationen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber10en_US
dc.source.volume31en_US
dc.source.journalGlobal Ecology and Conservationen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01834
dc.identifier.cristin1937706
dc.description.localcodeThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.source.articlenumbere01834en_US
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