Effects of plant and avian frugivore interaction networks on landscape patterns and seed dispersal functions in the southern Western Ghats, India The Western Ghats is a global hotspot of biodiversity. In this descriptive study at the foothills of the Western Ghats, our aim was to further our unde...
Of the 26 initially identified terrestrial biodiversity hotspots1, the ones located in Southeast Asia (SEA) (Indo-Burma, Philippines, Sundaland and Wallacea) currently rank among the most important both in terms of species richness and the extend of endemism but also rank as the most threatened ...
Within this broad arc setting, there are individual segments that illustrate discernible trends in terms of structural, seismic and geological characteristics. The Equatorial Region around Sumatra has some peculiar geological/geophysical characteristics that make it a tectonic hotspot. Here a relationship ...