Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions

By R. Mittermeier, N. Myers, C. Mittermeier, P. Gil. 2000

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Geography, Planning and Development, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Effects of structural and functional connectivity and patch size on the abundance of seven Atlantic Forest bird species (2005, background): “The Brazilian Atlantic rainforest has one of the highest levels of biodiversity and rates of endemism in the world, and is among the world s top five threatened hotspots (Myers et al., 2000; Mittermeier et al., 1999).”
Global Habitat Protection: Limitations of Development Interventions and a Role for Conservation Performance Payments (2001, background): “The 25 hotspot ecosystems identified by conservationists as global priorities encompass 212 million ha (Mittermeier et al. 1999).”
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth (2001, background): “…conservation assessments within the framework of larger biogeographic units is an approach that is gaining support in all of the major international conservation organizations and in many government agencies (Groves et al.2000,Johnson et al.1999,Mittermeier et al.1999, Ricketts et al. 1999).”
A new genus and species of rodent from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with comments on oryzomyine biogeography (2011, result): “Our knowledge of this sigmodontine diversity, however, is still poor, in contrast to other well-known mammalian groups, such as primates (e.g. Brachyteles, Callicebus, Cebus; Mittermeier et al., 1999; Silva-Junior, 2001; Roosmalen, Roosmalen & Mittermeier, 2002; Rylands, Kierulff & Mittermeier, 2005”
Can agroforest woodlots work as stepping stones for birds in the Atlantic forest region? (2008, background): “Study region The study area is situated on the extreme western edge of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest region, one of the most diverse biomes in the world and also one of the Wve most threatened hotspots (Mittermeier et al. 1999).”
Rapid avifaunal collapse along the Amazonian deforestation frontier (2006, background): “The Brazilian Amazon retains at least 1300 resident bird species, of which 263 species are endemic and 20 are threatened (Mittermeier et al., 1999; Marini and Garcia, 2005).”
Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and connectivity among toad populations in the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest (2009, methodology): “…predicted effects of fragmentation in populations of a toad endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, one of the top 10 biodiversity hot spots (Mittermeier et al., 1999; Myers et al., 2000) and one of the most fragmented biomes in the world, with only 12% of its original range remaining (SOS…”
A land for flowers and bees: studying pollination ecology in Mediterranean communities (2005, background): “…points of plant evolution (Proctor et al., 1996), displaying high levels of plant endemism, and are now considered by international conservation groups as five of the twenty-five global biodiversity hotspots (Cowling et al., 1996; Rundel et al., 1998; Mittermeier et al., 1999; Potts et al., 2003a).”