Roseli PellensPhilippe Grandcolas2025-10-202025-10-202016978-3-319-22461-9https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22461-9https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-22461-9http://bibliovirtual.umar.mx:4000/handle/123456789/1034Libro electrónico.This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the loss of phylogenetic diversity with extinction; the importance of organisms that are deeply branched in the tree of life, and the role of relict species.en-USBook