Overview

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.

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Author:   Frank E. Zachos ,  Jan Christian Habel
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2011 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.854kg
ISBN:  

9783642438691

ISBN 10:   3642438695
Pages:   546
Publication Date:   13 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I  Introductory AND GLOBAL Aspects   Chapter 1 Russell A. Mittermeier, Will R. Turner, Frank W. Larsen, Thomas M. Brooks, Claude Gascon: Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots   Chapter 2 Christine B. Schmitt: Tough Choices – Approaches towards the Setting of Global Conservation Priorities   Chapter 3 T. Jonathan Davies, Mark W. Cadotte: Quantifying Biodiversity – Does It Matter What We Measure?   Chapter 4 John N. Williams: Human Population and the Hotspots Revisited: a 2010 assessment   Chapter 5 Jens Mutke, Jan H. Sommer, Holger Kreft, Gerold Kier, Wilhelm Barthlott: Plant Diversity in a Changing World: Global Centres and Biome-Specific Trends   Chapter 6 Guido Barbujani, Vincenza Colonna: Genetic Basis of Human Biodiversity: an Update   Part II  biodiversity in the Palaearctic   Chapter 7 Godfrey M. Hewitt: Mediterranean Peninsulas – The Evolution of Hotspots   Chapter 8 Georg Grabherr, Michael Gottfried, Harald Pauli: Global Change Effects on Alpine Plant Diversity   Chapter 9 Ronald Sluys, Mansour Aliabadian, Cees S. Roselaar: European Hotspots as Evidenced by the Palaearctic Distribution of Songbirds   Chapter 10 Andreas Schuldt, Thorsten Assmann: Patterns and Hotspots of Carabid Beetle Diversity in the Palaearctic – Insights from a Hyperdiverse Invertebrate Taxon   Chapter 11 Miklós Bálint, Lujza Ujvárosi, Kathrin Theissinger, Stephanie Lehrian, Noémi Mészáros, Steffen U. Pauls: A Neglected Diversity Hotspot: Genetic Variation in the Carpathians   Part III  Biodiversity in madagascar   Chapter 12 Nadine V. M. Fritz-Vietta, H. Barry Ferguson, S. Stoll-Kleemann, Jörg U. Ganzhorn: Conservation in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Insights from Cultural and Community Perspectives in Madagascar   Chapter 13 Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Jörn Köhler, Axel Strauß, Roger D. Randrianiaina, Julian Glos, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences: The Kingdom of the Frogs – Anuran Radiations in Madagascar   Chapter 14 Stefan Lötters, Dennis Rödder, Jos Kielgast, Frank Glaw: Hotspots, Conservation and Diseases: Madagascar’s megadiverse amphibians and the potential impact of chytridiomycosis  Part IV  biodiversity in the tropics   Chapter 15 Janice S. H. Lee, John Garcia-Ulloa, Lian P. Koh: Impacts of Biofuel Expansion in Biodiversity Hotspots   Chapter 16 Kristen J. Williams, Andrew Ford, Daniel Rosauer, Naamal De Silva, Russell Mittermeier, Caroline Bruce, Frank W. Larsen, Chris Margules: Forests of East Australia: The 35th Biodiversity Hotspot   Chapter 17 Nigel E. Stork, Steve Goosem, Stephen M. Turton: Status and Threats in the Dynamic Landscapes of Northern Australia’s Tropical Rainforest Biodiversity Hotspot: the Wet Tropics   Chapter 18 Christian Sturmbauer, Martin Husemann, Patrick Danley: Explosive Speciation and Adaptive Radiation of East African Cichlid Fishes   Chapter 19 Marie Pagès, Alice Latinne, Johan Michaux:Inter- and Intraspecific Biodiversity in Southeast Asian Rodents: New Insights for their Conservation   Chapter 20 André Koch: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment   Chapter 21 M. C. Ribeiro, A. C. Martensen, J. P. Metzger, M. Tabarelli, F. Scarano, M. J. Fortin: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot   Chapter 22 Marco Rieckmann, Maik Adomßent, Werner Härdtle, Patricia Aguirre: Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador   Chapter 23 Sebastian Steinfartz: When Hotspots Meet: The Galápagos Islands – A Hotspot of Species Endemism Based on a Volcanic Hotspot Centre   Part V  marine biodiversity   Chapter 24 Marjorie L. Reaka, Sara A. Lombardi: Hotspots on Global Coral Reefs   Chapter 25 Angelika Brandt, Julian Gutt: Biodiversity of a Unique Environment: the Southern Ocean Benthos Shaped and Threatened by Climate Change   Part VI  Conclusions   Chapter 26 Frank E. Zachos, Russell A. Mittermeier, Jan C. Habel Biodiversity Hotspots – Concluding Remarks and Perspectives

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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)

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)

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