Predicting diversity within hotspots to enhance conservation

Posted on Monday, February 9th, 2009

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IMAGE: This is the tree frog Hypsiboas semilineatus, common throughout the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil.
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Berkeley — With limited funding and an inadequate number of scientists, governments in countries containing “hotspots” of threatened biodiversity are wrestling with how to protect plants and animals in disappearing habitats.

But a new strategy developed by University of California, Berkeley, biologists could help scientists, governments and private organizations worldwide to identify the areas within hotspots where they should focus their time, effort and money – areas likely to have a wealth of unique diversity.

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