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Bookmark or Share- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities | NatureOne way is to identify ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat. As many as 44% of all species of vascular plants...
- Biodiversity Hotspots - National Geographic SocietyThere are over 30 recognized biodiversity hotspots in the world. The Andes Mountains Tropical Hotspot is the world’s most diverse hotspot. About one-sixth of all plant species in the world live in this region. The New Zealand archipelago is another hotspot.
- Terrestrial Biodiversity Hotspots: Challenges and Opportunities - SpringerDefinition. Hotspots are labeled as areas of exceptional biodiversity and high endemism, that is, >1500 endemic plant species, that have also suffered considerable habitat loss and at least a 70% conversion of their native vegetation cover (Myers et al. 2000; Mittermeier et al. 2004 ).
- MapMaker: Terrestrial Biodiversity Hotspots - National Geographic SocietyBiodiversity hotspots are regions characterized both by exceptional levels of plant endemism and serious levels of habitat loss. Use this map layer to explore all 36 biodiversity hotspots around the world. Grades. 5 - 12+. Subjects. Biology, Ecology, Conservation, Earth Science, Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Physical Geography.
- Biodiversity Hotspots - Conservation InternationalWhat is a biodiversity hotspot? Around the world, 36 areas qualify as hotspots. Their intact habitats represent just 2.5% of Earth’s land surface , but they support more than half of the world’s plant species as endemics — i.e., species found no place else — and nearly 43% of bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species as endemics.
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