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| Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities |
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| Author(s): Myers N, Mittermeier RA, Mittermeier CG, da Fonseca GAB, Kent J |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 403 Issue: 6772 Pages: 853-858 Published: FEB 24 2000 |
| Times Cited: 2,673 References: 48 |
| Abstract: Consenrationists are far from able to assist all species under threat, if only for lack of funding. This places a premium on priorities: how can we support the most species at the least cost? One 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 and 35% of all species in four vertebrate groups are confined to 25 hotspots comprising only 1.4% of the land surface of the Earth. This opens the way for a 'silver bullet' strategy on the part of conservation planners, focusing on these hotspots in proportion to their share of the world's species at risk. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Myers, N (reprint author), Univ Oxford Green Coll, Upper Meadow,Old Rd, Oxford OX3 8SZ, England |
Addresses:
1. Univ Oxford Green Coll, Oxford OX3 8SZ, England
2. Conservat Int, Ctr Appl Biodivers Sci, Washington, DC 20037 USA |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 288JG |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
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