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On temperate areas, basal clades and biodiversity conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Juan J. Morrone ,
Liliana Katinas  and
Jorge V. Crisci
Juan J. Morrone
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva (LASBE), Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
Liliana Katinas
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva (LASBE), Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
Jorge V. Crisci
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva (LASBE), Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
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It has been accepted traditionally that biodiversity is concentrated in the tropics. However, threatened temperate areas in southern South America, South Africa, New Caledonia, Australia and the Holarctic possess a significant number of unique taxa. Phylogenetic information encoded in cladograms can be used to develop indices for measuring biodiversity. Application of these indices to Asteraceae (Angiosperms) and Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) indicates the relevance of the temperate areas to biodiversity conservation: they are rich in phylogenetically valuable species and are environmentally threatened.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 187 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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