Tough conservation choices?, December 2008

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, (NESCent), in collaboration with the Understanding Evolution web site project at the University of California, Berkeley, produces brief, monthly stories and podcasts for the public about current happenings in evolutionary biology. The series, Evolution in the News, along with links to background literature and classroom resources, are available on the Understanding Evolution web site at www.understandingevolution.org. AIBS is pleased to be hosting on its YouTube channel the Evolution in the News podcasts from NESCent.

Conservation of an entire ecosystem is not always possible, but how can we decide which members of the ecocsystem are most important in maintaining a healthy ecosystem? Nick Haddad (Ecology and Conservation Biology, The Haddad Lab) talks about a paper that provides an effective guideline to conservation of plants based on their evolutionary relationships.

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Science & Technology

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• evolution
• AIBS
• biology
• NEScent