Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.
Contents:
Introduction and a brief phylogenetics primer -- Phylogenetic nonindependence, comparative ecology, and phylogenetic conservatism -- The measurement of phylogenetic diversity -- Community assembly : phylogenies as a proxy -- Community assembly : phylogenies as a backbone -- Global patterns of biodiversity, diversification, conservatism, and priority -- Functional phylogenomics for ecology -- Building trees for every system and scale and biodiversity informatics -- Conclusions and remodeling phylogenetic ecology.
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