Complementarity and the use of indicator groups for reserve selection in Uganda
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Cross-taxon congruence in biogeography in Uganda is sufficiently high to overwhelm low congruence in species richness. This means that some individual groups can give a reliable indication of the overall conservation significance of forests. Research into the spatial congruence in the species richness of large moths, woody plants, small mammals, birds and butterflies in 50 Ugandan forests also indicates that there may have been inadequacies associated with previous investigations into cross-taxon surrogacy in priority-setting.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots
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A biome-wide phylogenetic analysis of the flora of the Cape of South Africa is used to show taxon richness to be decoupled from phylogenetic diversity (PD). Medicinal and economic plant database is used to show that PD protection is the best strategy for preserving feature diversity in the Cape, which can also be used for identifying the key regions that maximize options for the continuing evolution of life on the Earth and for the benefit of society.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Genetics and bisexuality
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A population-genetic analysis proves as to why a gene predisposing an individual to homosexual behavior would spread in a population, thus predicting its widespread occurrence in humans and other reproducing species. Overdominance, sexually antagonistic selection and kin altruism are the three main mechanics in which a variety of genes controlling homosexuality could be maintained in a population.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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