Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets

Roy E Gereau; Neil D Burgess; Jon Fjeldsa; Jaclyn Hall; Andreas Hemp; Alister S Jump; Asukile R Kajuni; Robert A Marchant; Andrew R Marshall; Philip J Platts; Charlotte M Taylor; Flora I Tibazarwa

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Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets

Roy E Gereau, Neil D Burgess, Jon Fjeldsa, Jaclyn Hall, Andreas Hemp, Alister S Jump, Asukile R Kajuni, Robert A Marchant, Andrew R Marshall, Philip J Platts, …

PeerJ Preprints, Vol.1, e55v1

PeerJ, Ltd.

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.55v1

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Ecology

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

In order to conduct a replicable analysis of the possible phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk, one must first formulate a clear set of definitions of ecosystem boundaries and risk categories. Subsequently, a robust and internally consistent dataset that includes all the available information on species distributions and risk assessments must be assembled. Here, we review the dataset and methodology of a recent paper focused on phylogenetic patterns of plant extinction risk in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania and point out some of the limitations of inferring such patterns from inadequate and biased data. We show that bias in the dataset is probably responsible for the conclusion that Vulnerable species are more closely related than expected by chance, and provide guidelines for the construction of an appropriate dataset for such an analysis.

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Title: Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets
Authors: Roy E Gereau (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Neil D Burgess (Author) - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jon Fjeldsa (Author) - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jaclyn Hall (Author) - University of Florida, United States
Andreas Hemp (Author) - University of Bayreuth, Germany
Alister S Jump (Author) - University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Asukile R Kajuni (Author) - Tanzania Country Office, Tanzania
Robert A Marchant (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
Andrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
Philip J Platts (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
Charlotte M Taylor (Author) - Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
Flora I Tibazarwa (Author) - Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Tanzania
Publication details: PeerJ Preprints, Vol.1, e55v1
Publisher: PeerJ, Ltd.
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.55v1
ISSN: 2167-9843
Copyright note: Copyright © 2013 Gereau et al. Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450318202621
Output Type: Preprint

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