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Ojo Guareña: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in Spain

Diversity, 2021
Ojo Guareña Natural Monument in Burgos (Spain) is an important and large karstic system. It consists of more than 110 km of surveyed galleries, and it has rich sources of organic material from the surface and permanent water circulation. It is the fourth
Ana Isabel Camacho
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A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot [PDF]

Scientific Data
The Guineo-Congolian region, extending from Guinea in West Africa to the central part of Africa, is considered an important biodiversity hotspot in the Afrotropics.
Emmanuel O. Akindele, Abiodun M. Adedapo, Oluwaseun T. Akinpelu, Esther D. Kowobari, Oluwatosin C. Folorunso, Ibrahim R. Fagbohun, Tolulope A. Oladeji, Olanrewaju O. Aliu, Oluwatobiloba S. Adenola, Babasola W. Adu, Francis O. Arimoro, Sylvester S. Ogbogu, Sami Domisch   +12 more
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Unexpected microbial diversity in new Caledonia’s ultramafic ecosystems with conservation implications in a biodiversity hotspot [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Soils harbour an incredible diversity of microorganisms that play crucial roles in ecosystem functioning. However, this biodiversity remains largely overlooked, with a poor understanding of how patterns form across landscapes.
Julie Ripoll, Pierre-Louis Stenger, Nicolas Fernandez Nuñez, Julien Demenois, Alexia Stokes, Véronique Gourmelon, Kelly Dinh, Nadia Robert, Julien Drouin, Pierre Mournet, Audrey Léopold, Jennifer Read, Monique Gardes, Laurent Maggia, Fabian Carriconde   +14 more
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Checklists of subfamilies Dryptinae and Panagaeinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Indian subcontinent

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021
Distribution patterns and literature details of 45 Dryptinae and 33 Panagaeinae species reported from the Indian subcontinent are provided.  Out of the 45 Dryptinae species, six species are endemic to the Western Ghats & Sri Lanka hotspot of ...
J.A. Jithmon, Thomas K. Sabu
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions Across an Afro-Tropical Forest Biodiversity Hotspot

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Ecosystem functions are important for the resilience of ecosystems and for human livelihood quality. Intact habitats and heterogeneous environments are known to provide a large variety of ecosystem functions.
Tobias Seifert, Mike Teucher, Werner Ulrich, Felistas Mwania, Francis Gona, Jan Christian Habel   +5 more
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Nature's Contributions to People (NCPs) and biodiversity hotspots: a step towards multifunctionality of conservation areas in Peru

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2023
The rapid land use change in tropical forests is a severe threat to Earth nature’s contributions to people (NCPs) and biodiversity. Effectively conserving ecosystems is a global target that requires clearly prioritizing areas that provide multiple ...
Maricel Móstiga, Dolors Armenteras, Jordi Vayreda, Javier Retana   +3 more
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Increased dependence of humans on ecosystem services and biodiversity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Humans have altered ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than ever, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for resources along with economic development.
Zhongwei Guo, Lin Zhang, Yiming Li
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Testing the Efficacy of Global Biodiversity Hotspots for Insect Conservation: The Case of South African Katydids. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The use of endemism and vascular plants only for biodiversity hotspot delineation has long been contested. Few studies have focused on the efficacy of global biodiversity hotspots for the conservation of insects, an important, abundant, and often ignored
Corinna S Bazelet, Aileen C Thompson, Piotr Naskrecki   +2 more
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Four New Species of Larval Charletonia and Leptus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae), with a Checklist of the Two Genera and Their Hosts from China

Insects, 2022
Four new species, Charletonia rectangia Xu and Jin sp. nov., Leptus (Leptus) bomiensis Xu and Jin sp. nov., Leptus (Leptus) longisolenidionus Xu and Jin sp. nov., and Leptus (Leptus) striatus Xu and Jin sp. nov.
Si-Yuan Xu, Tian-Ci Yi, Jian-Jun Guo, Dao-Chao Jin   +3 more
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Cenozoic history of the tropical marine biodiversity hotspot [PDF]

Nature
Hokuto Iwatani, Willem Renema, Moriaki Yasuhara   +2 more
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