Limestone Karsts of Southeast Asia: Imperiled Arks of Biodiversity

By R. Clements, N. Sodhi, M. Schilthuizen, P. Ng. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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Did geckos ride the Palawan raft to the Philippines? (2012, background): “gigante, these species appear to be isolated by ecologically unique subterranean habitats and overlying nutrient poor limestone forests (Poffenberger & Smith-Hanssen, 2004; Clements et al., 2006).”
Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes (2010, background): “In limestone karst forests, endemic land snails are increasingly being threatened by degradation from a variety of human activities such as mining, logging and agriculture and burning (Clements et al., 2006; Clements, 2008a).”
Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in east-central and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism (2018, background): “conservaTion The high levels of biodiversity and site-endemism in limestone karst habitats rival that of many other habitats, yet karstic regions are rapidly becoming some of the most imperiled ecosystems in Southeast Asia (Clements et al., 2006; Grismer et al., 2016a; Luo et al., 2016). Southeast A”
Using biogeographical patterns of endemic land snails to improve conservation planning for limestone karsts (2008, background): “Karsts are also considered evolutionary hotspots for land snail speciation (Davison, 1991; Schilthuizen, 2004; Clements et al., 2006).”
Conservation importance of limestone karst outcrops for Palaeotropical bats in a fragmented landscape (2009, background): “With Southeast Asian karsts facing unprecedented pressures from mining activities ( Clements et al., 2006 ), it is vital to document their role in supporting wildlife populations, if we are to develop practical approaches to conserve biodiversity over large spatial scales (Meijaard and Sheil, 2007; ”
Biogeography and conservation in Southeast Asia: how 2.7 million years of repeated environmental fluctuations affect today’s patterns and the future of the remaining refugial-phase biodiversity (2010, background): “…location of protected areas, e.g., the Mentawi islands with their 17 species of endemic mammals (Corlett 2009a), numerous isolated karst mountains (Clements et al. 2006, 2008), IUCN’s Key Biodiversity Areas (Brooks et al. 2008), and BirdLife International’s Important Bird Areas (Chan et al. 2004).”
Research priorities for bat conservation in Southeast Asia: a consensus approach (2008, background): “These “Biodiversity Arks” (Clements et al. 2006) cover >400,000 km2 in Southeast Asia, with particularly extensive systems in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.”
Conservation Ecology of Cave Bats (2016, background): “This is believed to pose perhaps the greatest threat to cave bats in Southeast Asia, as the region has the highest annual quarrying rates in the tropics and these appear to be increasing faster than in other regions, at 5.7 % per year (Clements et al. 2006; Kingston 2010).”