Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind
Authors
Molina Venegas, Rafael; Rodríguez Fernández, Miguel Ángel; Pardo-De-Santayana, Manuel; Ronquillo Ferrero, Cristina; Mabberley, David J.Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/49954DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01414-2
ISSN: 2397-334X
Date
2021Funders
Comunidad de Madrid
Universidad de Alcalá
Consejería de Ciencia, Universidades e Innovación
Bibliographic citation
Molina-Venegas, R. et al., 2021. Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind.. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, pp.583–588.
Keywords
Evolutionary ecology
Phylogenetics
Project
CM/JIN/2019-005 (Comunidad de Madrid y Universidad de Alcalá)
2018-T2/AMB-10332 (Comunidad de Madrid)
Grant CGL2017-86926-P (Consejería de Ciencia, Universidades e Innovación)
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Publisher's version
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01414-2Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
© 2021 The Authors, under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
The divergent nature of evolution suggests that securing the human benefits that are directly provided by biodiversity may require counting on disparate lineages of the Tree of Life. However, quantitative evidence supporting this claim is still tenuous. Here, we draw on a global review of plant-use records demonstrating that maximum levels of phylogenetic diversity capture significantly greater numbers of plant-use records than random selection of taxa. Our study establishes an empirical foundation that links evolutionary history to human wellbeing, and it will serve as a discussion baseline to promote better-grounded accounts of the services that are directly provided by biodiversity.
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