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Biodiversity and Geography [PDF]
The paper combines an economic-geography model of agglomeration and periphery with a model of species diversity and looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation.
Edward B. Barbier, Michael Rauscher
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Systematics of small Gehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia: redescription of G. kimberleyi Börner & Schüttler, 1983 and description of a new restricted range species [PDF]
, 2016 Ongoing fieldwork and molecular research continues to reveal that the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia contain more vertebrate species than currently recognised. Here we focus on two morphologically distinctive, yet unrecognised forms in the genus
Bourke, Gayleen +4 more
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Meet the rare, obscure and utterly British species found nowhere else on earth. Around 70,000 species call Britain home, but how many of them can be found here and only here? Join conservationist James Harding-Morris as he uncovers the stories of our endemic wildlife – the plants, animals and fungi that are unique to these islands ...
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Patterns of endemism in Amazonian floodplain birds
Perspectives in Ecology and ConservationThe subdivision of Amazonia in large interfluvial areas of endemism (delimited by major rivers), based mostly on bird species distributions, has been a recurrent starting point to the understanding and conservation of the biome’s megadiversity.
Thiago Orsi Laranjeiras +2 more
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Amphibians from Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazonia
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2017 A species list of amphibians from Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in Brazilian Amazonia is provided. Collections were made from March–April 2012 along each of two 3-km trails with the following sampling methods: (1) pitfall traps with drift fences; (2) visual ...
Marcelo Menin +7 more
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American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1934 J N, Baker, J G, McAlpine, D G, Gill
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The effects of the spreading of the Central Atlantic during the Middle Jurassic on dinosaur faunas [PDF]
, 2012 The spreading of the Central Atlantic is a complex series of events that include a ridge jump to the east and a ridge jump to the west at c. 170Ma and c. 162Ma respectively.
Clark, N.D.L.
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Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionUnderstanding the relationships between taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and endemism across environmental gradients is essential for elucidating the eco-evolutionary mechanisms that shape local plant communities.MethodsA ...
Paola Poch +6 more
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A checklist of the bryophytes of Distrito Federal (Brasília, Brazil) [PDF]
, 2005 The Distrito Federal, one of the most important centers of plant endemism in central Brazil, is located in the center of Brazil, with an area of 5,814 km2 at coordinates 15o30’ S, 16o03’W. Cerrado vegetation covers the region.
Câmara, Paulo Eduardo Aguiar Saraiva +2 more
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