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Biodiversity Hotspots

**Biodiversity Hotspots** is a biogeographic concept denoting a type of region that combines exceptionally high concentrations of endemic species with severe anthropogenic threat, thereby constituting a critical global priority for conservation in biogeography and zoogeography.

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Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

Norman Myers, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina G. Mittermeier et al. · Nature · 2000 · 31.2K citations · Full text

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Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

Karen C. Seto, Burak Güneralp, Lucy R. Hutyra · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

Michael E. McClain, Elizabeth W. Boyer, C. Lisa Dent et al. · Ecosystems · 2003 · 2.4K citations

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Habitat Loss and Extinction in the Hotspots of Biodiversity

Thomas M. Brooks, Russell A. Mittermeier, Cristina G. Mittermeier et al. · Conservation Biology · 2002 · 2K citations

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Marine Biodiversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Tropical Reefs

Callum M. Roberts, Colin J. McClean, J. E. N. Veron et al. · Science · 2002 · 1.7K citations

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    Michael J. Samways

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    17 publications · 718 citations

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  2. KK
    Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis

    University of Patras, Greece

    13 publications · 459 citations

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  3. PD
    Panayotis Dimopoulos

    University of Patras, Greece

    11 publications · 461 citations

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    Ioannis Kokkoris

    University of Patras, Greece

    10 publications · 371 citations

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  5. RA
    Russell A. Mittermeier

    Conservation International, United States

    9 publications · 36.7K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    176 publications

    13K citations

  2. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    32 h-index

    83 publications

    7.7K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    31 h-index

    205 publications

    10.2K citations

  4. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    25 h-index

    88 publications

    5K citations

  5. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    24 h-index

    50 publications

    5K citations

  6. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    78 publications

    9.3K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    70 publications

    36K citations

  8. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    20 h-index

    75 publications

    13.8K citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    74 publications · 5K citations

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  2. Diversity and Distributions

    69 publications · 4.9K citations

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  3. Biodiversity and Conservation

    82 publications · 4.7K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    59 publications · 4.6K citations

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  5. Conservation Biology

    42 publications · 9.7K citations

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