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11749702

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1485
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-25
pubmed:abstractText
Biological diversity can be measured using various metrics, but existing knowledge of spatial patterns of diversity is largely based on species counts. There is increasing evidence that trends in species richness might not match trends in other biodiversity metrics, such as morphological diversity. Here, we use data from a large group of Indo-Pacific gastropods (family Strombidae) to show that the species richness of a region is a poor predictor of the morphological diversity present there. Areas with only a few species can harbour an impressive array of morphologies and, conversely, morphological diversity in the most species-rich regions is no higher than in regions with half their taxonomic diversity. Biological diversity in the Pacific is highly threatened by human activity and our results indicate that, in addition to species richness, morphological diversity metrics need to be incorporated into conservation decisions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0962-8452
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2503-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial patterns of morphological diversity across the Indo-Pacific: analyses using strombid gastropods.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biology, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA. kroy@biomail.ucsd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't