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Hotspots and the conservation of evolutionary history.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Feb 2002
Sechrest Wes, Brooks Thomas M, da Fonseca Gustavo A B, Konstant William R, Mittermeier Russell A, Purvis Andy, Rylands Anthony B, Gittleman John L
Abstract excerpt
Species diversity is unevenly distributed across the globe, with terrestrial diversity concentrated in a few restricted biodiversity hotspots. These areas are associated with high losses of primary vegetation and increased human population density, resulting in growing numbers of threatened species. We show that conservation of these hotspots is critical because they harbor even greater amounts of evolutionary...
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