10.5061/DRYAD.7S4H1
Kellar, P. Roxanne Steele
Ahrendsen, Dakota L.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Aust, Shelly K.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Jones, Amanda R.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Pires, J. Chris
University of Missouri
Roxanne (Steele) Kellar, P.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Data from: Biodiversity comparison among phylogenetic diversity metrics
and between three North American prairies
Dryad
dataset
2016
Helianthus petiolaris
Desmanthus illinoensis
Medicago lupulina
Baptisia alba
Lactuca ludoviciana
Pediomelum digitatum
Achillea millefolium
Erigeron strigosus
Cirsium altissimum
Cirsium undulatum
Liatris squarrosa
Baptisia bracteata
Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Ratibida columnifera
Erigeron bellidiastrum
Cirsium canescens
Vernonia baldwinii
Lathyrus decaphyllus
biodiversity assessment
Astragalus canadensis
Heterotheca stenophylla
Erigeron philadelphicus
Oxytropis lambertii
Holocene
Lygodesmia juncea
Tragopogon dubius
Thelesperma filifolium
Strophostyles leiosperma
Trifolium pratense
Melilotus alba
Helenium flexuosum
conservation prioritization
Amorpha canescens
Antennaria neglecta
Bidens aristosa
Astragalus crassicarpus
Heterotheca villosa
Echinacea angustifolia
Helianthus mollis
Next-generation sequencing
Pediomelum argophyllum
Melilotus officinalis
Trifolium campestre
Xanthisma spinulosum
Amorpha fruticosa
Antennaria howellii
Hymenopappus tenuifolius
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Solidago altissima
Solidago gigantea
Senecio integerrimus
2016-06-04T00:00:00Z
2016-06-04T00:00:00Z
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https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400108
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Protection of Earth's ecosystems requires identification of
geographical areas of greatest biodiversity. Assessment of biodiversity
begins with knowledge of the evolutionary histories of species in a
geographic area. Multiple phylogenetic diversity (PD) metrics have been
developed to describe biodiversity beyond species counts, but sufficient
empirical studies, particularly at fine phylogenetic scales, have not been
conducted to provide conservation planners with evidence for incorporating
PD metrics into selection of priority regions. We review notable studies
that are contributing to a growing database of empirical results, we
report on the effect of using high-throughput sequencing to estimate the
phylogenies used to calculate PD metrics, and we discuss difficulties in
selecting appropriate diversity indices. We focused on two of the most
speciose angiosperm families in prairies—Asteraceae and Fabaceae—and
compared 12 PD metrics and four traditional measures of biodiversity
between three North American prairie sites. The varying results from the
literature and from the current data reveal the wide range of applications
of PD metrics and the necessity for many more empirical studies. The
accumulation of results from further investigations will eventually lead
to a scientific understanding upon which conservation planners can make
informed decisions about where to apply limited preservation funds.
Asteraceae-matK-rbcLSequence alignment of Asteraceae matK + rbcL plastid
genes for 29 taxaAsteraceae-rbcLSequence alignment of Asteraceae rbcL
plastid genes for 29 taxaFabaceae-71 genesSequence alignment of 71
concatenated Fabaceae plastid genes for 20 taxaAsteraceae-76 genesSequence
alignment of 76 concatenated Asteraceae plastid genes for 29
taxaAsteraceae-matK-rbcLSequence alignment of concatenated Asteraceae matK
+ rbcL plastid genes for 29 taxaFabaceae-matK-rbcLSequence alignment of
concatenated Fabaceae matK + rbcL plastid genes for 20
taxaFabaceae-matKSequence alignment of Fabaceae matK plastid genes for 20
taxaFabaceae-rbcLSequence alignment of Fabaceae rbcL plastid genes for 20
taxa
Tucker Prairie Natural Area Nebraska U.S.A.
Nine-Mile Prairie Nebraska U.S.A.
Niobrara Valley Preserve Nebraska U.S.A.