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To determine: The role of phylogenetic perspective in informing biodiversity conservation decisions.

Introduction: The phylogenetic trees are used to show the relationship between the species and the evolution of some characters. Its consideration in biodiversity has turned the focus on the need to protect biodiversity.

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Ch. 58.1 - Describe the history of extinction through time.Ch. 58.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.3 - Explain how these causes can interact to bring...Ch. 58.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 58.4 - Describe the potential roles of natural selection...Ch. 58.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 58.5 - Prob. 1LO
Ch. 58.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 58.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 58 - If we assume that population density is a good...Ch. 58 - Prob. 2DACh. 58 - Would the extinction rate increase if an area were...Ch. 58 - Prob. 4DACh. 58 - Why do population density and growth rates differ...Ch. 58 - Why might whale populations fail to recover once...Ch. 58 - Why do small populations lose genetic variation?Ch. 58 - Prob. 1UCh. 58 - The economic value of indirect ecosystem services...Ch. 58 - The amphibian decline is best described as a....Ch. 58 - Prob. 4UCh. 58 - When populations are drastically reduced in size,...Ch. 58 - A captive-breeding program followed by release to...Ch. 58 - Historically, island species have tended to become...Ch. 58 - Ninety-nine percent of all the species that ever...Ch. 58 - To effectively address the biodiversity crisis,...Ch. 58 - The introduction of a nonnative predator to an...Ch. 58 - If 99% of the species that ever existed are now...Ch. 58 - Prob. 2SCh. 58 - Prob. 3SCh. 58 - Prob. 4SCh. 58 - Prob. 5S
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