Sentences with phrase «of endemism»

«We were able to document the highest rates of endemism of any marine environment on Earth.»

«This is the highest level of endemism recorded from any marine ecosystem on Earth.»

The 10 richest centers of endemism cover 15.8 % of the world's coral reefs (0.012 % of the oceans) but include between 44.8 and 54.2 % of the restricted - range species.

which embody some of the last remaining untouched forest resources and centres of endemism in Africa.

Decapoda and Echinoidea in Japanese waters tend toward a high degree of endemism according to one paleontological study [19].

First, he says that we focus most of our attention on the role of climate - change velocity, when in fact the strongest predictor of endemism is the extent of analogous contemporary climate.

Currie refers to velocity and extent as competing explanations, whereas we see them as complementary, based on our expectation that patterns of endemism in amphibians, mammals, and birds would not be entirely attributable to any one explanatory variable (2, 3).

The rate of endemism increases even more in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where 100 % of the fishes inhabiting some of the deep reefs are found only in Hawai'i.

The mentawai islands are located in the middle of Indian Ocean, approximately 100 miles from Padang, west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the Mentawai archipelago is a stunning area rich in nature and beautiful beaches that has been ecologically isolated from mainland Sumatra since the mid-Pleistocene period, resulting in high levels of endemism amongst its indigenous flora and fauna.

First discovered in 1643, Christmas Island has a history of minimal human disturbance which paired with its geographic isolation has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna.

Because of the distinct climate at this altitude there is a high amount of endemism, which is to say animals and plants that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Thus Darwin and Bégout highlight two different aspects of endemism: on the one hand, that isolation leads to the appearance of unique entities that differ from those found elsewhere; on the other, that important conclusions pertaining to the entire world can be reached through an analysis of the isolated element.

Threatened centers of endemism are major biodiversity hotspots, and conservation efforts targeted toward them could help avert the loss of tropical reef biodiversity.

This can be a HUGE problem because cave species are imperiled when you combine habitat - specialization, high rates of endemism and low rates of dispersal with a suite of anthropogenic threats (think groundwater pollution or climate change).

Shade coffee in El Salvador, however, is not only important for birds; it also provides important habitats for a variety of other wildlife, often with a high degree of endemism, including salamanders, beetles, bats and orchids.

Around these islands the extreme habitat has resulted in high levels of endemism - although overall diversity is low, many of the plant species are found only in this particular habitat.

Restricted - range species are clustered into centers of endemism, like those described for terrestrial taxa.

Another interesting finding of the study is that the rate of endemism — species found nowhere else on Earth — increases substantially on the deep reefs.

Seven places that have become synonymous with exceptional biodiversity and high rates of endemism, just like the real Galapagos Islands More