Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat

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作者：

C. David L. Orme

Richard G. Davies

Malcolm Burgess

Felix Eigenbrod

Nicola Pickup

Valerie A. Olson

Andrea J. Webster

Tzung-Su Ding

Pamela C. Rasmussen

Robert S. Ridgely

Ali J. Stattersfield

Peter M. Bennett

Tim M. Blackburn

Kevin J. Gaston

Ian P. F. Owens

机构：

[1] Division of Biology,NERC Centre for Population Biology

[2] Imperial College London,Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

[3] University of Sheffield,Institute of Zoology

[4] Zoological Society of London,School of Biosciences

[5] University of Birmingham,School of Forestry and Resource Conservation

[6] National Taiwan University,undefined

[7] Michigan State University Museum and Department of Zoology,undefined

[8] Academy of Natural Sciences,undefined

[9] BirdLife International,undefined

[10] Wellbrook Court,undefined

[11] Girton,undefined

来源：

Nature | 2005年 / 436卷

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摘要：

Although biodiversity hotspots are central to many conservation strategies, a key assumption, that areas ‘hot’ for one aspect of diversity are hot for others, is untested. A new study addresses this question on a global level and shows that this is not the case: different types of hotspot are in found in different areas. For birds, the mountains of South America and Africa are hotspots of species richness, yet the hotspots of extinction risk are on the islands of New Zealand, Madagascar and the Philippines. Conservation strategy therefore needs to be based on multiple measures of diversity.

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页码：1016 / 1019

页数：3

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