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Andy Purvis

Researcher at Natural History Museum

Publications -  242
Citations -  36083

Andy Purvis is an academic researcher from Natural History Museum. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 231 publications receiving 31371 citations. Previous affiliations of Andy Purvis include American Museum of Natural History & Natural Environment Research Council.

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Body size evolution in mammals: complexity in tempo and mode.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the evolution of mammalian body size has been influenced by a complex interplay among geography, climate, and history.
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Preserving accuracy in GenBank

Martin I. Bidartondo, +256 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: GenBank, the public repository for nucleotide and protein sequences, is a critical resource for molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and ecology and some attention has been drawn to sequence errors.
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Evolutionary biology and practical conservation: bridging a widening gap

TL;DR: Improved methods for integrating the work of scientists and policymakers is recommended, from the beginning to end of the planning process, to help maintain evolutionary processes in natural populations.
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An optimum body size for mammals? Comparative evidence from bats

TL;DR: A key prediction of Brown et al.
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Multiscale scenarios for nature futures

Isabel M.D. Rosa, +55 more
TL;DR: An outline of a strategy to generate scenarios centred on the authors' relationship with nature to inform decision-making at multiple scales is outlined.