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.
Innehållsförteckning
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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