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Gymnosperms on the EDGE.
Forest, Félix; Moat, Justin; Baloch, Elisabeth; Brummitt, Neil A; Bachman, Steve P; Ickert-Bond, Steffi; Hollingsworth, Peter M; Liston, Aaron; Little, Damon P; Mathews, Sarah; Rai, Hardeep; Rydin, Catarina; Stevenson, Dennis W; Thomas, Philip; Buerki, Sven.
Affiliation
  • Forest F; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom. f.forest@kew.org.
  • Moat J; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
  • Baloch E; School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
  • Brummitt NA; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
  • Bachman SP; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
  • Ickert-Bond S; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
  • Hollingsworth PM; School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
  • Liston A; University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-6960, USA.
  • Little DP; Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, United Kingdom.
  • Mathews S; Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331-2902, USA.
  • Rai H; The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 10458-5126, USA.
  • Rydin C; CSIRO Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
  • Stevenson DW; Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.
  • Thomas P; Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, 5230 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA.
  • Buerki S; Bergius Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sci Rep ; 8(1): 6053, 2018 04 16.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29662101
Driven by limited resources and a sense of urgency, the prioritization of species for conservation has been a persistent concern in conservation science. Gymnosperms (comprising ginkgo, conifers, cycads, and gnetophytes) are one of the most threatened groups of living organisms, with 40% of the species at high risk of extinction, about twice as many as the most recent estimates for all plants (i.e. 21.4%). This high proportion of species facing extinction highlights the urgent action required to secure their future through an objective prioritization approach. The Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) method rapidly ranks species based on their evolutionary distinctiveness and the extinction risks they face. EDGE is applied to gymnosperms using a phylogenetic tree comprising DNA sequence data for 85% of gymnosperm species (923 out of 1090 species), to which the 167 missing species were added, and IUCN Red List assessments available for 92% of species. The effect of different extinction probability transformations and the handling of IUCN data deficient species on the resulting rankings is investigated. Although top entries in our ranking comprise species that were expected to score well (e.g. Wollemia nobilis, Ginkgo biloba), many were unexpected (e.g. Araucaria araucana). These results highlight the necessity of using approaches that integrate evolutionary information in conservation science.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Endangered Species / Conservation of Natural Resources / Cycadopsida Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Endangered Species / Conservation of Natural Resources / Cycadopsida Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom Country of publication: United kingdom