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Published online 11 April 2008 | Nature 452, 789 (2008) | doi:10.1038/452789a
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Novel analysis identifies highly biodiverse hotspots
New method plots Madagascar’s species in unprecedented detail.
Biologists in Madagascar have come up with a highly detailed conservation plan using a new tool for identifying biodiversity hotspots, which analyses an unprecedented range of species over small geographical areas.
Where the world’s major biodiversity hotspots lie on the world map may be well known, but planning protected areas within these sizable patches requires working out the hotspots’ hottest parts — a controversial task.
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