Sentences with phrase «global biodiversity hotspots»

Athough habitat loss in global biodiversity hotspots may overestimate extinction rates [4], [24], our study shows that model projections based on naïve species - area curves can be hugely optimistic in the real - world.

The area has been recognised as one of the 25 most important global biodiversity hotspots [1] and is home to nine endangered species including the critically endangered iconic Pygmy Hippo, and 60 threatened species, which the project will help protect.

If implemented now, active conservation measures could help to avert this global biodiversity catastrophe, both in Jamaica and in the many other global biodiversity hotspots that are threatened by invasive species.

This find is a result of five years of extensive explorations in the Western Ghats global biodiversity hotspot in India.

Although it makes up only 6 percent of California by area, it contains one - quarter of the species found in the California Floristic Province, a global biodiversity hotspot.

This is really important because we're talking about a global biodiversity hotspot.

The flora of California, a global biodiversity hotspot, includes 2387 endemic plant taxa.

An extreme climatic event alters marine ecosystem structure in a global biodiversity hotspot

Southeast Asia is a global biodiversity hotspot — but with about four billion people living in the region, the pressures on that biodiversity are severe.

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The importance of connectivity between coffee and protected areas is tremendous, given the overlap and proximity of biodiversity hotspots and coffee - growing regions (Hardner and Rice 2002) and the importance of shaded coffee in the face of global climate change.

The northwest of Madagascar in particular is a global marine biodiversity hotspot, exhibiting some of the highest diversity of coral reef ecosystems in the world.

The Himalayas are one of the global «hotspots» of biodiversity; thousands of species are believed to be as yet undiscovered or not yet scientifically described.

Global warming study warns of vanishing climates · Scientists warn of disaster in biodiversity hotspots · Species «must evolve or migrate» to survive James Randerson, science correspondent The Guardian, Tuesday 27 March 2007

California also includes a diverse array of marine and terrestrial ecosystems that span a wide range of climatic tolerances and together encompass a global biodiversity «hotspot» (4).