Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are established to conserve species, but the extent to which they also conserve evolutionary history is not clear. Here, Mouillot et al. show that for tropical corals and fish, the current global MPA network secures only 1.7 and 17.6% of phylogenetic diversity, respecti...

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Main Authors: D. Mouillot, V. Parravicini, D. R. Bellwood, F. Leprieur, D. Huang, P. F. Cowman, C. Albouy, T. P. Hughes, W. Thuiller, F. Guilhaumon
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/60e96894621b4ae888e2071385efda79
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