Publications
Task Force publications
Gumbs, R., Gray, C. L., Hoffmann, M., Molina-Venegas, R., Owen, N. R., Pollock, L. J. (2023). Conserving avian evolutionary history can effectively safeguard future benefits for people. Science Advances, 9, eadh4686.
Gumbs, R., Scott, O., Bates, R. et al. (2024). Global conservation status of the jawed vertebrate Tree of Life. Nature Communications, 15, 1101.
Gumbs, R., Chaudhary, A., Daru, B. H., Faith, D. P., Forest, F., Gray, C. L., Kowalska, A., Lee, W.-S., Pellens, R., Pipins, S., Pollock, L. J., Rosindell, J., Scherson, R. A., Owen, N. R. (2023). Indicators to monitor the status of the tree of life. Conservation Biology, 37, e14138.
Gumbs R, Gray CL, Böhm M, Burfield IJ, Couchman OR, Faith DP, Forest F, Hoffmann M, Isaac NJB, Jetz W, Mace GM, Mooers AO, Safi K, Scott O, Steel M, Tucker CM, Pearse WD, Owen NR, Rosindell J. (2023). The EDGE2 protocol: Advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action. PLOS Biology, 21(2), e3001991.
Robuchon M, da Silva J, Dubois G, Gumbs R, Hoban S, Laikre L, Owen NR, Perino A. (2023). Conserving species’ evolutionary potential and history: Opportunities under the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conservation Science and Practice, e12929.
The PDTF hereby sets out its principles and ambitions to meet its aim.
Convention on Biological Diversity engagement
Indicators to monitor the status of the tree of life (Gumbs et al. 2023)
CBD Survey on post-2020 Indicators - views of the IUCN SSC Phylogenetic Diversity Task Force (June 2022)
CBD Policy Summary Document (March 2022)
Peer Review comments in preparation for the SBSTTA24 meeting (Aug 2020)
Submission to the CBD Secretariat in response to Notification 2019-115: Submission of views on possible targets and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework related to the inter-linkages and inter-dependencies between biodiversity and climate change (Feb 2020)
Phylogenetic Diversity Science
Faith, D.P. (1992). Conservation evaluation and phylogenetic diversity. Biological Conservation 61, 1–10.
Forest, F. et al. (2015) Phylogeny, extinction and conservation: embracing uncertainties in a time of urgency, The Royal Society Publishing.
Diaz et al (2019) Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Scherson, R. and D.P. Faith (eds.). (2018). Phylogenetic Diversity. Applications and Challenges in Biodiversity Science. Springer
Isaac, N. J. B. et al. (2007) Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation Priorities Based on Threat and Phylogeny. PLoS ONE, 2(3), p. e296.
Forest, F. et al. (2007). Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots. Nature 445,757–760.
Weitzman, ML. (1998). The Noah’s Ark Problem. Econometrica 66, 1279–1298.
Faith, DP. (2008). Threatened species and the potential loss of phylogenetic diversity: Conservation scenarios based on estimated extinction probabilities and phylogenetic risk analysis. Conservation Biology 22, 1461–1470.
Pellens R, Grandcolas P (eds) (2016) Biodiversity conservation and phylogenetic systematics preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis. Topics in biodiversity and conservation, vol 14. Springer International Publishing, Cham.
Gumbs, R., Gray, C.L., Wearn, O.R. & Owen, N.R. (2018). Tetrapods on the EDGE: overcoming data limitations to identify phylogenetic conservation priorities. PLoS ONE 13, e0194680.
Veron, S., Mouchet, M., Govaerts, R., Haevermans, T. & Pellens, R. Vulnerability to climate change of islands worldwide and its impact on the tree of life. Sci. Rep. (2019).