scholarly journals Biogeography of Chilean Herpetofauna: Biodiversity Hotspot and Extinction Risk

10.5772/31255 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela A. ◽  
Helen Daz-Pez
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot

scholarly journals Phylogenetic Patterns of Extinction Risk in the Eastern Arc Ecosystems, an African Biodiversity Hotspot

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e47082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kowiyou Yessoufou ◽  
Barnabas H. Daru ◽  
T. Jonathan Davies
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Eastern Arc

scholarly journals Speculation versus data-driven conclusions: A response to Gereau et al.’s "Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets"

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnabas Daru ◽  
Kowiyou Yessoufou ◽  
Jonathan Davies
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Red List ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Versus Data ◽  
Threat Status ◽  
Eastern Arc

Gereau et al. (2013) criticized our recent analysis on the phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot (Yessoufou et al. 2012). However, Gereau and colleagues based their critique on preconceptions and speculation rather than data. Here we identify several shortfalls in their lines of argument, and suggest that, given current rates of extinction, it is far more dangerous to wait for complete Red List assessments than to explore patterns of threat using available data. Nonetheless, we agree that all analyses should be based upon the best available data, and we encourage the rapid releases of new data on threat status for the flora of the Eastern Arc.

scholarly journals Extinction Risk and Diversification Are Linked in a Plant Biodiversity Hotspot

PLoS Biology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e1000620 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Jonathan Davies ◽  
Gideon F. Smith ◽  
Dirk U. Bellstedt ◽  
James S. Boatwright ◽  
Benny Bytebier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Plant Biodiversity

scholarly journals Speculation versus data-driven conclusions: A response to Gereau et al.’s "Phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk: the need for critical application of appropriate datasets"

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnabas Daru ◽  
Kowiyou Yessoufou ◽  
Jonathan Davies
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Red List ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Versus Data ◽  
Threat Status ◽  
Eastern Arc

Gereau et al. (2013) criticized our recent analysis on the phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot (Yessoufou et al. 2012). However, Gereau and colleagues based their critique on preconceptions and speculation rather than data. Here we identify several shortfalls in their lines of argument, and suggest that, given current rates of extinction, it is far more dangerous to wait for complete Red List assessments than to explore patterns of threat using available data. Nonetheless, we agree that all analyses should be based upon the best available data, and we encourage the rapid releases of new data on threat status for the flora of the Eastern Arc.

Prioritizing the orchids of a biodiversity hotspot for conservation based on phylogenetic history and extinction risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihong Li ◽  
Stephan W Gale ◽  
Pankaj Kumar ◽  
Jinlong Zhang ◽  
Gunter Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot

Evidence of a predation event on a tagged Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone; Pisces, Istiophoridae), inferred from pop-up satellite tagging data

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Danilo Malara ◽  
Pietro Battaglia ◽  
Pierpaolo Consoli ◽  
Erika Arcadi ◽  
Simonepietro Canese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Pelagic Species ◽  
Archival Tag ◽  
Abiotic Parameters ◽  
Predation Event ◽  
Satellite Tagging ◽  
First Time

The Strait of Messina is located at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea and is considered a biodiversity hotspot and an obligatory seasonal passage for different pelagic species such as sharks, marine mammals, and billfishes. For the first time, in the Strait of Messina, our research group tagged a Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) using a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT). The observation of abiotic parameters (depth, light, and temperature) recorded by the PSAT confirmed that the tagged specimen was predated after about nine hours. The tag was then regurgitated 14 days after the tag deployment date. The analysis of collected data seems to indicate that the predator may be an ectothermic shark, most likely the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus).

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