The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

RH Cowie, P Bouchet, B Fontaine - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

Understanding the drivers of S outheast A sian biodiversity loss

AC Hughes - Ecosphere, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

[图书][B] Biology and evolution of the mollusca, volume 1

WF Ponder, DR Lindberg, JM Ponder - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

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 …

DS Woodruff - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2010 - Springer
Understanding the historical biogeography of this global biodiversity hotspot is as important
to long-term conservation goals as ecology and evolution are to understanding current …

Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes

NS Sodhi, LP Koh, R Clements, TC Wanger… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to
agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected …

Revisiting the ichthyodiversity of Java and Bali through DNA barcodes: taxonomic coverage, identification accuracy, cryptic diversity and identification of exotic species

H Dahruddin, A Hutama, F Busson… - Molecular ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Among the 899 species of freshwater fishes reported from Sundaland biodiversity hotspot,
nearly 50% are endemics. The functional integrity of aquatic ecosystems is currently …

Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World's Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae)

L Grismer, PL Wood Jr, NA Poyarkov, MD Le… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Karstic landscapes are immense reservoirs of biodiversity and range-restricted endemism.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the world's third-largest vertebrate genus Cyrtodactylus …

Karst dolines provide diverse microhabitats for different functional groups in multiple phyla

Z Bátori, A Vojtkó, IE Maák, G Lőrinczi, T Farkas… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Fine-scale topographic complexity creates important microclimates that can facilitate species
to grow outside their main distributional range and increase biodiversity locally. Enclosed …

Assessing the extinction risk of insular, understudied marine species

EA Thomas, M Böhm, C Pollock, C Chen… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrothermal vents are rare deep‐sea oases that house faunal assemblages with a similar
density of life as coral reefs. Only approximately 600 of these hotspots are known worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and biogeography of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia

JK Foon, GR Clements, TS Liew - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Limestone hills are now gaining global conservation attention as hotspots for short-range
endemic species. Levels of land snail endemism can be high at limestone hills, especially at …