EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY IN BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE, CONSERVATION, AND POLICY: A CALL TO ACTION
Por:
Hendry A.P., Lohmann L.G., Conti E., Cracraft J., Crandall K.A., Faith D.P., Hauser, C, Joly C.A., Kogure K., Larigauderie A., Magallón S., Moritz C., Tillier S., Zardoya R., Prieur-Richard A., Walther B.A., Yahara T., Donoghue M.J.
Publicada:
1 may 2010
Resumen:
Evolutionary biologists have long endeavored to document how many species exist on Earth, to understand the processes by which biodiversity waxes and wanes, to document and interpret spatial patterns of biodiversity, and to infer evolutionary relationships. Despite the great potential of this knowledge to improve biodiversity science, conservation, and policy, evolutionary biologists have generally devoted limited attention to these broader implications. Likewise, many workers in biodiversity science have underappreciated the fundamental relevance of evolutionary biology. The aim of this article is to summarize and illustrate some ways in which evolutionary biology is directly relevant We do so in the context of four broad areas: (1) discovering and documenting biodiversity, (2) understanding the causes of diversification, (3) evaluating evolutionary responses to human disturbances, and (4) implications for ecological communities, ecosystems, and humans We also introduce bioGENESIS, a
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Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Redpath Museum and Department of Biology, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Rua do Matão, 277, 05508-090, São Paulo SP, Brazil
Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 10024, United States
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 401 Widtsoe Building, Provo, UT 84602, United States
The Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Plant Biology Department, Biology Institute - PO Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas/SP, Brazil
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Minamidai 1-15-1, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan
DIVERSITAS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 Rue Cuvier CP 41, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
University of California Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 43, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris Cedex 05, France
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Science Department, American University of Paris, 31 Avenue Bosquet, 75007, Paris, France
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 21 Sachem Street, P.O. Box 208105, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
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