Threats to biodiversity rise in the world's Mediterranean-climate regions
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 12:56
in Biology & Nature
In the first systematic analysis of threats to the biodiversity of the world's mediterranean-climate regions, scientists at The Nature Conservancy and UC Davis report that these conservation hotspots are facing significant and increasing pressure. The study, which appears in this week's edition of the journal Diversity and Distributions, is part of a global conservation assessment of the rare mediterranean biome.
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