Over half of the phylogenetic diversity accumulated on the African plant tree of life may be eroded under current biodiversity crisis even though threatened species are not evolutionarily unique
Makuété A. P. Tiawoun, Bopaki Phogole, Bahati Samuel Kandolo, Kowiyou Yessoufou
The paper assesses the risk of losing evolutionary history in the African plant tree of life due to the biodiversity crisis, finding that 59% of evolutionary history could be lost if all threatened species go extinct.
bioRxiv · Feb 12, 2025 · PreprintEcology