Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 33, No. 9 (Sep., 2006), pp. 1527-1537 (11 pages) Aims To delimit areas of endemism in the Patagonian steppe using endemicity analysis (EA), which evaluates areas of ...
Taxonomic endemism and phylogenetic endemism are both important measures of biodiversity. The former describes the number of distinct species found nowhere else, whereas the latter shows the amount of ...
A team of researchers led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has revealed how unique native plant life on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) has ...
Using genetic analyses, LMU geobiologists have shown that many sponge species in the Indo-Pacific are regionally unique. The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a ...
The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at the South Pole. In fact, the Antarctic is the only place on Earth where ...
CHICAGO--An international team of scientists has developed an explanation for why Madagascar has such a wealth of animals found only on this island. Their findings will help sort out the evolutionary ...
Matthias Dehling receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...