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, 2022 Freshwater wetlands are widely recognized as biodiversity hotspots for many organisms, including birds. Climate change and the projected increased risk of wetland fires may pose a major threat to wetland biodiversity in the future.
Mikusinski, Grzegorz, +1 more
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Key Biodiversity Areas identification in Japan Hotspot
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012 Priority sites within Japan Hotspot were identified using Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) criteria, based on vulnerability and irreplaceability. The identification process considered 217 trigger species from mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater ...
Y. Natori +3 more
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Caribbean Biodiversity Fund [PDF]
, 2023 [Español] Con alrededor de mil especies amenazadas en todo el mundo, el Caribe es un punto caliente (hotspot) para algunas de las plantas y animales en peligro más crítico.
Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
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Severe human pressures in the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 We assess the magnitude and the extent of recent change of significant human footprint within protected areas, key biodiversity areas and the habitat range of 308 lowland forest specialist birds in Sundaland, a global hotspot of biodiversity in Southeast
Megha Verma +8 more
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Pollination decays in biodiversity hotspots [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006 As pollinators decline globally, competition for their services is expected to intensify, and this antagonism may be most severe where the number of plant species is the greatest. Using meta-analysis and comparative phylogenetic analysis, we provide a global-scale test of whether reproduction becomes more limited by pollen receipt (pollen limitation ...
Jana C, Vamosi +5 more
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Evaluating Temporal Consistency in Marine Biodiversity Hotspots.
PLoS ONE, 2015 With the ongoing crisis of biodiversity loss and limited resources for conservation, the concept of biodiversity hotspots has been useful in determining conservation priority areas.
Susan E Piacenza +14 more
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Hungary: a European hotspot of non-native crayfish biodiversity
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2020 There is a long history of crayfish introductions in Europe and numbers keep increasing. In Hungary, spiny-cheek crayfish Faxonius limosus, signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus, red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii, marbled crayfish P.
Weiperth András +6 more
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Plant Endemism Centres and Biodiversity Hotspots in Greece [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Biodiversity hotspots (BH) cover a small fraction of the Earth’s surface, yet host numerous endemics. Human-induced biodiversity loss has been increasing worldwide, despite attempts to halt the extinction crisis. There is thus an urgent need to efficiently allocate the available conservation funds in an optimised conservation prioritization scheme ...
Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis +5 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 Five new and five known species of the genus Tylencholaimus de Man, 1876 are described from the Western Ghats of India. Tylencholaimus macroamphidius sp. nov.
Md Niraul Islam, Wasim Ahmad
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Marine caves of the Mediterranean Sea: a sponge biodiversity reservoir within a biodiversity hotspot. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Marine caves are widely acknowledged for their unique biodiversity and constitute a typical feature of the Mediterranean coastline. Herein an attempt was made to evaluate the ecological significance of this particular ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea ...
Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Eleni Voultsiadou
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