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Congruence between breeding and wintering biodiversity hotspots: A case study in farmlands of Western Poland

European Journal of Ecology, 2019
Farmland landscapes are recognized as important ecosystems, not only for their rich biodiversity but equally so for the human beings who live and work in these places.
Morelli Federico, Kwieciński Zbigniew, Indykiewicz Piotr, Jankowiak Łukasz, Szymański Paweł, Šímová Petra, Tryjanowski Piotr   +6 more
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Unveiling evolutionary cradles and museums of flowering plants in a neotropical biodiversity hotspot

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Colombia, renowned as an important centre of global biodiversity, continues to harbour undiscovered evolutionary hotspots of flowering plants. The altitude-dependent hypothesis suggests that richness patterns are determined by altitude and probably ...
Carlos E. González-Orozco
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DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008
DNA barcoding is a technique in which species identification is performed by using DNA sequences from a small fragment of the genome, with the aim of contributing to a wide range of ecological and conservation studies in which traditional taxonomic identification is not practical.
Lahaye, Renaud, van der Bank, Michelle, Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo, Warner Pineda, Jorge, Pupulin, Franco, Gigot, Guillaume, Maurin, Olivier, Duthoit, Sylvie, Barraclough, Timothy, Savolainen, Vincent   +9 more
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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
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Getting the ‘most out of the hotspot’ for practical conservation of groundwater biodiversity

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Conservation planning aimed at halting biodiversity loss has seldom focused on groundwater environments due to the lack of suitable management tools and data.
Mattia Iannella, Barbara Fiasca, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Mattia Di Cicco, Maurizio Biondi, Stefano Mammola, Diana M.P. Galassi   +6 more
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Biodiversity hotspots through time: an introduction [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2006
International targets set for reducing the rate of biodiversity loss—the 2010 target—and ensuring environmental stability (Millennium Development Goals) have helped to focus the efforts of the scientific community on providing the data necessary for their implementation.
Willis, K, Gillson, L, Knapp, S
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
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Identifying biodiversity hotspots over time: Stability, sampling bias, and conservation implications

Global Ecology and Conservation
The conservation of biodiversity is a major challenge facing society. In order to design effective conservation strategies, we must be able to identify the areas in which biodiversity is concentrated (i.e., biodiversity hotspots).
David Sánchez-Fernández, Alba Jiménez-Jiménez, Richard Fox, Roger L.H. Dennis, Jorge M. Lobo   +4 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
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The Importance of Rotational Crops for Biodiversity Conservation in Mediterranean Areas. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Nowadays we are seeing the largest biodiversity loss since the extinction of the dinosaurs. To conserve biodiversity it is essential to plan protected areas using a prioritization approach, which takes into account the current biodiversity value of the ...
Gianpasquale Chiatante, Alberto Meriggi
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