What continents have the most biodiversity?
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| as if an infinite number of samples have been taken for the study region), therefore making it easy to compare biodiversity between different assemblages. | |
| Given that biodiversity includes both richness and abundances, high biodiversity metrics are not the best indicator for ecosystem “health,” as population explosions closer to edges result in greater biodiversity. | |
| Our results show that developing countries, particularly those in Africa, have higher scores, indicating that they have a higher awareness of the importance of biodiversity mainstreaming. | |
| With the exception of one species that is endemic to Europe, all species studied occur in both northern continents. | |
| Main conclusions: Inferences of environment–biodiversity relationships can differ between taxonomic groups even if biodiversity patterns alone show significant correlation. | |
| Multivariate analyses support modelled differences in niche characteristics among continents, and reveal important variables explaining these differences. | |
66 Citations | This outstanding species biodiversity, based in an extensive range of higher taxa, reconfirms the essential need to restore and conserve one of the most precious ecosystems on earth. |
| I additionally argue that deflationary theories of biodiversity don’t go far enough, since a large proportion of what we value in the environment falls outside bounds of what could reasonably be called “diversity”. | |
| Changes in biodiversity can have significant | |
| If we remove the effect of outcrop area from our estimate of global biodiversity, we do not observe a net increase in diversity toward the present, lending support to other studies that have not supported a substantial, long-term global increase in biodiversity during the Phanerozoic. | |
47 Citations | However, more so than for tropical forests in most other continents, the major biodiversity conservation challenges for tropical forests in Oceania are extrinsic. |
| Evidence thus far suggests that probably most, perhaps all, of the taxa are confined to single continents or land masses. | |
| Thus, factors that determine the composition of regional faunas have a great impact on the phenetic diversity of communities and ultimately the latitudinal gradient in biodiversity. | |
| The anthropogenic influence on a naturally low biodiversity area emphasises the importance of these ecosystems when considering the conservation of global biodiversity. | |
| Our results clearly indicate that the spatial density of human activity should be part of any political analyses related to biodiversity – including systems of biodiversity indicators. | |
41 Citations | The methods should greatly facilitate biodiversity estimation in poorly studied taxa and regions, and the monitoring of biodiversity change at multiple spatial scales. |
| Our findings indicated that major ecogeographical rules can strongly vary for the same taxonomic group across broad scales between continents. |
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