norman myers gave the concept of hot spots of biodiversity.
norman myers gave the concept of hot spots of biodiversity.
who gave the concept of hot spots of biodiversity?
norman myers
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the caribbean islands are recognized as a global hot spot of biodiversity. because haiti has a rich biodiversity which is nearly all threatened because old growth forests have been reduced to one or a few percent of their original extent, the country itself is considered a hot spot. the haiti national trust goes one step further and defines biodiversity hot spots within haiti, most of which are at the tops of remote mountains where the last patches of original forest remain. scientists and associates of the trust continue to search for these hot spots, usually with a helicopter, and have so far identified 12: bellevue, bois pangnol, deux mamelles, grand bois, grande colline, la gonâve, la selle, la visite, macaya, morne basile, morne boeuf, and tête boeuf. two of those, la visite and macaya, were the two original national parks of haiti and their biodiversity has been studied by teams of biologists in the past. most of the remaining hot spots were poorly known or unknown before teams of biologists and students, led by the haiti national trust cofounders, visited the sites to survey vertebrates, selected plants, and other species. this work led to the discovery of new species of lizards, frogs, and plants, and the rediscovery of vertebrates and plants thought to be extinct such as the tiburon stream frog ("eleutherodactylus semipalmatus"), la hotte twig anole ("anolis darlingtoni"), and ekman’s magnolia ("magnolia ekmani").
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