Floristic Diversity and Distribution Pattern of Plant Communities along Altitudinal Gradient in Sangla Valley, Northwest Himalaya by Pankaj Sharma, J. C. Rana, Usha Devi, S. S. Randhawa, Rajesh Kumar

“…Himalayas are globally important biodiversity hotspots and are facing rapid loss in floristic diversity and changing pattern of vegetation due to various biotic and abiotic factors. …”
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Stable isotope ecology of Quaternary cervid and bovid species in Southeast Asia with implications for wildlife conservation by Sanah Shaikh, Hervé Bocherens, Kantapon Suraprasit

“…Abstract Southeast Asia, one of the major biodiversity hotspots, is experiencing substantial species loss, with predictions indicating that 13–85% of species are threatened to lose their original habitats. …”
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Conventional and Indigenous Biodiversity Conservation Approach: A Comparative Study of Jachie Sacred Grove and Nkrabea Forest Reserve by Samuel Boadi, Collins Ayine Nsor, Daniel Haruna Yakubu, Emmanuel Acquah, Osei Owusu Antobre

“…These findings will help conservationists work closely with traditional authorities in protecting sacred groves as key biodiversity hotspots.…”
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A Vermetid Bioconstruction at the Adriatic Coast of Apulia (Italy) by Maria Mercurio, Isabella Coccia, Manuel Marra, Tamara Lazic, Giuseppe Corriero, Maria Flavia Gravina

“…These findings underline the ecological importance of vermetid bioconstructions as biodiversity hotspots. The lack of massive mortality events along the Apulian coast, in contrast to other Mediterranean vermetid bioconstructions, underscores the necessity for targeted conservation measures.…”
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Monsoonal climate and asymmetric heating facilitate the slope-aspect to influence landscape-scale tree structure in the Western Ghats, India by Devi Maheshwori, Shreyas Managave, Girish Jathar, Sham Davande

“…The regional variation of rainfall and length of the rainy season are identified to control the vegetation distribution in the Western Ghats (WG) of India, one of the important biodiversity hotspots. The asymmetric heating of various aspects in controlling vegetation distribution at landscape-scale, known at mid-latitudes, is not anticipated in the WG due to its lower latitudinal position. …”
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Biodiversity reporting: Comparing listed entities in the United Kingdom and South Africa by Dino Da Mata, Timothy Lai, Dusan Ecim, Warren Maroun, Dannielle Cerbone

“…The primary reason for this is because of a higher biodiversity ranking and hosting more biodiversity hotspots, which impact South African organisations. …”
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Bryophytes as Indicators of Disturbance in One of the Last Remnants of the Mountain Forests of El Oro Province, Ecuador by Ángel Benítez, Richard Nagua, Jefferson Medina, Gregorio Lapo, Erika Yangua-Solano, Rolando Andrade-Hidalgo

“…Epiphytic bryophytes are an important component in terms of the diversity and functioning of montane forests known as biodiversity hotspots. Bryophytes are highly dependent on their external environments because they are sensitive to environmental changes related to disturbance, fragmentation, air pollution, and climate change. …”
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Shifting vegetation phenology in protected areas: A response to climate change by Irina Ontel, Sorin Avram, Carmen Adriana Gheorghe, Mihaita Iulian Niculae, Ionuț Silviu Pascu, Steliana Rodino

“…This study highlights that global biodiversity hotspots, such as Romanian PAs, are experiencing phenological alterations that mirror the global patterns of earlier greening, prolonged growing seasons, and ecosystem stress, particularly under drought conditions. …”
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Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China by Yongru Wu, Jian Shen, David C. Deane, Haibin Yu, Fangyuan Yu, Xuerong Wang, Zheng Cao, Rong Yu, Fuan Xiao, Tiejun Wang, Zhifeng Wu

“…Rhododendron, a diverse genus of alpine and subalpine woody plant, plays a crucial role in ecosystem stability and biodiversity in the biodiversity hotspots of the Himalayas and Hengduan Mountains. …”
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Remotely sensed spectral indicators of bird taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity across Afrotropical urban and non-urban habitats by Adewale G. Awoyemi, Tunrayo R. Alabi, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo

“…However, certain biogeographic realms, like the Afrotropics, are clearly understudied despite urbanization overlapping with their biodiversity hotspots. A commonly highlighted reason for the lack of information from the Afrotropics has been the logistical problem associated with data collection in the field. …”
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Ecological reef restoration: consumptive and nonconsumptive interactions among common North Sea predators and European oysters by Julius A. Ellrich, Clemens Kozian-Fleck, Markus Brand, Bérenger Colsoul, Bérenger Colsoul, Bernadette Pogoda, Bernadette Pogoda

“…Oyster reefs are biodiversity hotspots with multiple ecosystem functions and services that are declining worldwide. …”
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Genome assembly of an endemic butterfly (Minois aurata) shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying ecological adaptation to arid valley habitat by Wenqian Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jialong Huang, Jingge Kuang, Lei Wang, Kangshan Mao, Liang Dou

“…Abstract Background The Hengduan Mountains, one of the global biodiversity hotspots with exceptional species richness and high endemism, contains numerous arid valleys that create a distinctive geographical and ecological landscape. …”
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Post‐Glacial Vegetation Trajectories on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Reflect Millennial‐Scale Migration Lags in Complex Mountain Terrain Based on Sedimentary Ancient DNA and Dynamic... by Wei Shen, Stefan Kruse, Sisi Liu, Kathleen Stoof‐Leichsenring, Ingolf Kühn, Wenjia Li, Xianyong Cao, Zhi‐Rong Zhang, Chun‐Xia Zeng, Jun‐Bo Yang, De‐Zhu Li, Ulrike Herzschuh

“…ABSTRACT Mountains with complex terrain and steep environmental gradients are biodiversity hotspots such as the eastern Tibetan Plateau (TP). …”
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Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) by Christophe Dufresnes, Daniel Jablonski, Johanna Ambu, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Kumudani Bala Gautam, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Stephen Mahony, Sylvia Hofmann, Rafaqat Masroor, Bérénice Alard, Angelica Crottini, Devin Edmonds, Annemarie Ohler, Jianping Jiang, Janak R. Khatiwada, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Amaël Borzée, Leo J. Borkin, Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Konstantin D. Milto, Evgeny L. Konstantinov, Sven Künzel, Tomasz Suchan, Dmitriy V. Arkhipov, Alexei V. Trofimets, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

“…Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the historical biogeography of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), a toxic commensal amphibian that currently threatens two biodiversity hotspots through biological invasions (Wallacea and Madagascar). …”
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Metazoan diversity in Chilean hypersaline lakes unveiled by environmental DNA by Mattia Saccò, Mattia Saccò, Mattia Saccò, Matthew A. Campbell, Pablo Aguilar, Pablo Aguilar, Pablo Aguilar, Gonzalo Salazar, Gonzalo Salazar, Gonzalo Salazar, Tina E. Berry, Tina E. Berry, Matthew J. Heydenrych, Angus Lawrie, Nicole E. White, Chris Harrod, Chris Harrod, Chris Harrod, Morten E. Allentoft, Morten E. Allentoft

“…Saline and hypersaline wetlands are biodiversity hotspots for metazoans such as aquatic invertebrates and wading birds. …”
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Vegetation structure and composition in the semi-arid Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape by P. Gandiwa, J. Finch, T. Hill

“…The results suggest alluvial floodplain flanking the Limpopo River is a biodiversity hotspot with high plant species diversity (H’=1.8-2.2) 1/ha, taller trees (P…”
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Odonata diversity of the Kuruva Islands, southern India, with notes on the ecology of Disparoneura apicalis (Fraser, 1924) (Odonata: Platycnemididae) by Ayikkara Vivek Chandran, Puthukudy Kunjamu Muneer, Maran Madhavan, Subin Kaniyamattathil Jose

“…Odonata diversity of the Kuruva Islands in Wayanad, a part of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot in southern India, was studied for a year using transect counts. …”
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Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India by B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman

“…The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a biodiversity hotspot in India, hosts a diverse array of insect species, many of which are endemic to the region. …”
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« L’Amazonie – victime des changements climatiques ? » by Sebastian Weissenberger, Delaine Sampaio da Silva

“…The Amazon rainforest is one of most important ecosystems on earth and a biodiversity hotspot. Its future is however in peril due to the effects of climate change and human activities. …”
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On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece by Leonidas Maroulis, Nikos Poulakakis, Konstantinos Proios, Danae Karakasi, Kostas A. Triantis, Moisis Mylonas, Katerina Vardinoyannis

“…Our findings shed light on potentially major, yet previously unexplored, threats on endemic molluscs of the Aegean Islands, a European biodiversity hotspot.…”
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