Ten new amphibian species discovered in Colombia

...z-Mahecha, Scientific Director of CI-Colombia. This area of the Darien is isolated from the Andes Mountain range. It is recognized as a center of endemism and valuable for its high biological diversity. Historically it has served as a bridge for exchange of flora and fauna between North and South Americ...

Endemism in Medical Dictionary

Endemic

..."characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular geography, group, field, area, or environment; native to an area or scope. endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, habitat type, nation, or other defined zone. T...

Endemism in Biological News

10 new amphibian species discovered in Colombia

...z-Mahecha, Scientific Director of CI-Colombia. This area of the Darien is isolated from the Andes Mountain range. It is recognized as a center of endemism and valuable for its high biological diversity. Historically it has served as a bridge for exchange of flora and fauna between North and South Americ...

Smithsonian puts tropical eastern Pacific shore fishes online

...he region. "You can see which areas have been well sampled and which areas still need to be studied. Mapping species richness and determining local endemism makes it much easier to decide where to locate reserves," said Robertson. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature recently organized tw...

Smithsonian puts tropical Eastern-Pacific shore fishes online

...he region. "You can see which areas have been well sampled and which areas still need to be studied. Mapping species richness and determining local endemism makes it much easier to decide where to locate reserves," said Robertson. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature recently organized tw...

Conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity: a challenge for the countries of the South

...ter of the freshwater fish species recorded. Moreover, they are superimposed on biodiversity hot-spots which correspond to geographical zones a strong endemism rate and a very high total number of species. The team also sought to determine the extent of the relative influence of the particular characteristi...

University biologist publishes book on bird speciation

...ity" How do these factors led to huge bird diversity in South America, the continent with almost one-third of the worlds bird species" And what led to endemism on isolated islands" According to Price, the idea for this book came in 1997 with an invitation from the organizers of a Royal Society of London me...

Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

...eolid nudibranchs discovered in the Eastern Pacific. The Tropical Eastern Pacific, a discrete biogeographic region that has an extremely high rate of endemism among its marine organisms, continues to yield a wealth of never-before-described marine animals to visiting scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Re...

Madagascan tropical forests return thanks to better management and well-defined ownership

...o be substantial in the study area, with an overall net increase of 4 % during the period 1993-2000. These dry forests have the highest level of plant endemism (species found only in a particular region) in all of Madagascar and are listed as one of the 200 most important "ecoregions" of the world. The study ...

New sucker-footed bat discovered in Madagascar

... eastern coast of Africa, remains one of the most critically threatened areas in the world, in terms of biodiversity. Madagascar has a higher level of endemism (with plants and animals found nowhere else) than any other landmass in the world of comparable size. "Still today, you can go out and discover thing...

Healthy coral reefs of Madagascar resisting damage from climate change

...m adjacent deep ocean areas offset the warming effects of climate change. "The resiliency and health of the coral reefs with their biodiversity and endemism makes the reefs of Madagascar a high conservation priority," said Gerald R. Allen, a leading ichthyologist who conducted underwater fish surveys on th...

Endemism in Biological Dictionary

Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, habitat type, nation, or other defined zone. To be endemic to a place or area means that it is found only in that part of the world and nowhere else. For... This article is a pare...