Overview
A valuable contribution to future research on biodiversity and its conservation
Included the original publication on the 35th biodiversity hotspot, the Forests of East Australia
Covers also less well-studies areas and taxa, such as marine ecosystems and invertebrates
Essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology and evolution
Richly illustrated
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introductory and Global Aspects
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Biodiversity in the Palaearctic
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Biodiversity in Madagascar
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Biodiversity in the Tropics
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About this book
Biodiversity and its conservation are among the main global topics in science and politics and perhaps the major challenge for the present and coming generations. This book written by international experts from different disciplines comprises general chapters on diversity and its measurement, human impacts on biodiversity hotspots on a global scale, human diversity itself and various geographic regions exhibiting high levels of diversity. The areas covered range from genetics and taxonomy to evolutionary biology, biogeography and the social sciences. In addition to the classic hotspots in the tropics, the book also highlights various other ecosystems harbouring unique species communities including coral reefs and the Southern Ocean. The approach taken considers, but is not limited to, the original hotspot definition sensu stricto and presents a chapter introducing the 35th hotspot, the forests of East Australia. While, due to a bias in data availability, the majority of contributions on particular taxa deal with vertebrates and plants, some also deal with the less-studied invertebrates. This book will be essential reading for anyone involved with biodiversity, particularly researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology and evolution.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“A ‘hotspot’ here signifies an area with high levels of biodiversity, endemism, and habitat loss. … these are regions of great concern to conservation biologists and the focus of this important volume, which stems from a conference held in Luxembourg in 2009. The book includes 26 chapters by 81 contributors. … Figure quality, including many color maps and images, is excellent. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in conservation biology.” (E. J. Sargis, Choice, Vol. 49 (8), April, 2012)
“Biodiversity Hotspots: Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas nicely … addresses other areas of high levels of interest for biodiversity. This volume is organized into six large parts, with 26 contributions. … the whole set provides a very solid and stimulating read for professionals studying biodiversity, both academics and practitioners, and will be a basic reference for the current state of research on biodiversity hotspots.” (Franck Courchamp, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 88 (1), March, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biodiversity Hotspots
Book Subtitle: Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas
Editors: Frank E. Zachos, Jan Christian Habel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-20991-8Published: 10 September 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43869-1Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-20992-5Published: 15 September 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 546
Topics: Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Nature Conservation, Evolutionary Biology, Community & Population Ecology