No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective

IF 10 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI:10.1002/fee.2696

Jesús N Pinto-Ledezma, Sandra Díaz, Benjamin S Halpern, Colin Khoury, Jeannine Cavender-Bares

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Biodiversity is ultimately the outcome of millions of years of evolution; however, due to increasing human domination of the Earth, biodiversity in its multiple dimensions is changing rapidly. Here, we present “phylogenetic completeness” (PC) as a concept and method for safeguarding Earth's evolutionary heritage by maintaining all branches of the tree of life. Using data for five major terrestrial clades, we performed a global evaluation of the PC approach and compared the results to an approach in which species are conserved or lost at random. We demonstrate that under PC, for a given number of species extinctions, it is possible to maximize the protection of evolutionary innovations in every clade. The PC approach is flexible, may be used to conduct a phylogenetic audit of biodiversity under different conservation scenarios, complements existing conservation efforts, and is linked to the post-2020 UN Convention on Biodiversity targets.

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不遗漏任何一个分支：从系统发育完整性的角度追踪陆地生物多样性

生物多样性归根结底是数百万年进化的结果；然而，由于人类对地球的统治日益加强，生物多样性的多个层面正在发生迅速变化。在这里，我们提出了 "系统发育完整性"（PC）的概念和方法，通过保持生命树的所有分支来保护地球的进化遗产。利用五个主要陆生支系的数据，我们对 PC 方法进行了全面评估，并将评估结果与随机保留或丢失物种的方法进行了比较。我们证明，在 PC 方法下，对于给定数量的物种灭绝，可以最大限度地保护每个支系的进化创新。PC 方法非常灵活，可用于对不同保护方案下的生物多样性进行系统发育审计，是对现有保护工作的补充，并与 2020 年后联合国生物多样性公约的目标相关联。

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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

18.30

自引率

1.00%

发文量

128

审稿时长

9-18 weeks

期刊介绍： Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is a publication by the Ecological Society of America that focuses on the significance of ecology and environmental science in various aspects of research and problem-solving. The journal covers topics such as biodiversity conservation, ecosystem preservation, natural resource management, public policy, and other related areas. The publication features a range of content, including peer-reviewed articles, editorials, commentaries, letters, and occasional special issues and topical series. It releases ten issues per year, excluding January and July. ESA members receive both print and electronic copies of the journal, while institutional subscriptions are also available. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is highly regarded in the field, as indicated by its ranking in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics. The journal is ranked 4th out of 174 in ecology journals and 11th out of 279 in environmental sciences journals. Its impact factor for 2021 is reported as 13.789, which further demonstrates its influence and importance in the scientific community.