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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 689-695Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.09.003
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Coordenacao para Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Goias (FAPEG)
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia & Inovacao (MCTI) through GENPAC network [564717/2010-0, 563621/2010-9]
- Conservation International-Brazil
- Group Foundation for Nature Protection, from Brazil
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
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If we were to describe all the species on Earth and determine their distributions, we would solve the popularly termed 'Linnean' and 'Wallacean' shortfalls in biodiversity conservation. Even so, we would still be hindered by a 'Darwinian shortfall', that is, the lack of relevant phylogenetic information for most organisms. Overall, there are too few comprehensive phylogenies, large uncertainties in the estimation of divergence times, and, most critically, unknown evolutionary models linking phylogenies to relevant ecological traits and life history variation. Here, we discuss these issues and offer suggestions for further research to support evolutionary-based conservation planning.
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