Biology question -- phylogenetic importance of a species

[cosmictide]

Hi guys,

I was wondering how it's possible to determine the phylogenetic importance of a species for conservation purposes. Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[jedishrfu]

I not entirely sure of where you're going with this but this wikipedia page on comparative methods might be a way to score organisms as to importance in a given eco-system:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic_comparative_methods

 

[cosmictide]

I not entirely sure of where you're going with this but this wikipedia page on comparative methods might be a way to score organisms as to importance in a given eco-system:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic_comparative_methods

Thanks for the link.