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May 22, 2014 · Biodiversity hotspots. Main article:Fauna of India and Wildlife of India A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans. To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot on Myers 2000 edition of the hotspot-map, a region must meet two strict criteria:
May 31, 2021 · Officially, four out of the 36 Biodiversity Hotspots in the world are present in India: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland. To these may be added the ...
Facts & Figures. The Western Ghats are one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots with over 5,000 flowering plants, 139 mammals, 508 birds and 179 amphibian species. At least 325 globally threatened species occur here. The range covers 60,000km 2 and forms the catchment area for a complex of river systems that drain almost 40% of India.
भारत के जैव-भौगोलिक क्षेत्र (Biogeographic Zones) भारत को जैव -भौगोलिक दृष्टि से निम्नलिखित क्षेत्रों में विभाजित किया गया है : 1.पूर्वी हिमालय ...
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A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans. A hotspot is an area which faces serious threat from human activities and supports a unique biodiversity (endemic, threatened, rare species) with representatives of evolutionary of speciation and extinction.
Jan 1, 2015 · The British ecologist Norman Myers first published the biodiversity hotspot thesis in 1988. Myers, although without quantitative criteria but relying solely on the high levels of habitat loss and the presence of an extraordinary number of plant endemism, identified ten tropical forest “hotspots” (Mittermeier et al., 2011).
