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Sites for priority biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012
The Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot is exceptionally important for global biodiversity conservation due to high levels of species endemism and threat. A total of 755 Caribbean plant and vertebrate species are considered globally threatened, making
V. Anadon-Irizarry, D.C. Wege, A. Upgren, R. Young, B. Boom, Y.M. Leon, Y. Arias, K. Koenig, A.L. Morales, W. Burke   +9 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, M. Kohri, S. Hayama, N. De Silva   +3 more
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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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Beyond Expectations: Recent Discovery of New Cave-Restricted Species Elevates the Água Clara Cave System to the Richest Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the Neotropics

Diversity, 2023
The Água Clara Cave System was previously recognized as a prominent hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America, harboring 31 cave-restricted species.
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza-Silva   +1 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, Lindsey L Thurman, Allison K Barner, Cassandra E Benkwitt, Kate S Boersma, Elizabeth B Cerny-Chipman, Kurt E Ingeman, Tye L Kindinger, Amy J Lindsley, Jake Nelson, Jessica N Reimer, Jennifer C Rowe, Chenchen Shen, Kevin A Thompson, Selina S Heppell   +14 more
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Hotspots of Cenozoic Tropical Marine Biodiversity [PDF]

, 2022
Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these hotspots have changed throughout the Cenozoic. Here, we review the global dynamics of Cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity hotspots, including the four major hotspots of the ...
Yasuhara, Moriaki, Huang, Huai-Hsuan May, Reuter, Markus, Tian, Skye Yunshu, Cybulski, Jonathan D., O’dea, Aaron, Mamo, Briony L., Cotton, Laura J., Martino, Emanuela Di, Feng, Ran, Tabor, Clay R., Reygondeau, Gabriel, Zhao, Qianshuo, Warne, Mark T., Aye, Kyawt K. T., Zhang, Jingwen, Chao, Anne, Wei, Chih-Lin, Condamine, Fabien L., Kocsis, Adam T., Kiessling, Wolfgang, Costello, Mark J., Tittensor, Derek, Chaudhary, Chhaya, Rillo, Marina C., Doi, Hideyuki, Dong, Yun-Wei, Cronin, Thomas M., Saupe, Erin E., Lotze, Heike K., Johnson, Kenneth G., Renema, Willem, Pandolfi, John M., Harzhauser, Mathias, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Hong, Yuanyuan   +35 more
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: A road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate regulation. The undeniable importance of conserving tropical forests has drawn most
G. W. Fernandes, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, M. Barbosa, N. P. Barbosa, Eugênia Kelly Luciano Batista, W. Beiroz, Fernando M. Resende, Anna Abrahão, E. Almada, E. Alves, Natacha Alves, P. Angrisano, M. Arista, J. Arroyo, A. Arruda, T. O. Bahia, Laura Braga, L. Brito, M. Callisto, Dario Caminha-Paiva, M. Carvalho, A. Conceição, L. N. Costa, António Cruz, Jéssica Cunha-Blum, J. Dagevos, B. Dias, Victor D. Pinto, R. Dirzo, Daniel Quedes Domingos, L. Echternacht, Stephannie Fernandes, Jose Eugenio C. Figueira, Cecilia F Fiorini, A. Giulietti, A. Gomes, V. M. Gomes, B. Gontijo, F. Goulart, T. Guerra, Patrícia A. Junqueira, Débora Lima-Santos, J. Marques, J. Meira‐Neto, Deise T.B. Miola, L. P. C. Morellato, D. Negreiros, Elizabeth Neire, Ana Carolina Neves, Frederico S. Neves, S. Novais, Y. Oki, E. Oliveira, Rafael Silva Oliveira, M. O. Pivari, Euripedes Pontes Junior, B. Ranieri, Rodrigo Pinheiro Ribas, A. Scariot, C. E. Schaefer, Letícia Sena, Pedro G. da Silva, P. R. Siqueira, N. C. Soares, B. Soares-Filho, R. Solar, M. Tabarelli, R. Vasconcellos, E. Vilela, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +69 more
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Complex Interaction Networks Among Cyanolichens of a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Interactions within lichen communities include, in addition to close mutualistic associations between the main partners of specific lichen symbioses, also more elusive relationships between members of a wider symbiotic community.
Ulla Kaasalainen, Ulla Kaasalainen, Veera Tuovinen, Geoffrey Mwachala, Petri Pellikka, Petri Pellikka, Jouko Rikkinen, Jouko Rikkinen   +7 more
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Underprotected Marine Protected Areas in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot

, 2020
Summary Ocean health is critical for human well-being but is threatened by multiple stressors. Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to protect 10% of their waters by 2020. The scientific evidence supporting the use of marine protected
J. Claudet, Charles Loiseau, Marta Sostres, Mirta Zupan   +3 more
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A biodiversity hotspot in turmoil: Doing away with circular 5/2001 could have catastrophic consequences for Sri Lanka's forests

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
In 2017, Sri Lanka set a goal to increase its forest cover to 32% by 2030 (Sri Lanka UN‐REDD, 2017). However, on November 4th 2020, the government published circular MWFC/1/2020 revoking the circular 5/2001 of August 10th 2001, one of the country's most ...
Dinal J. S. Samarasinghe, Eric D. Wikramanayake, Sevvandi Jayakody, Suranjan Fernando, Jagath Gunawardana, Alexander Braczkowski   +5 more
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