Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as logging, poaching and setting fires.
- Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University
Stories of how the data was collected were fascinating. Some people camped on islands for weeks. Some scaled cliffs or jumped from helicopters onto remote islands.
Madagascar se classe en tête à l'échelle mondiale pour le pourcentage d'espèces végétales endémiques sur une seule île.
Madagascar tops the list globally in terms of the percentage of plant species endemic to a single island.
Islands cover just 5.3% of the world’s land area, but contribute disproportionately to global biodiversity, according to research published in Nature.
Our plant species are pickier about their preferred temperature range than you would expect. That means many will have to move south, seeking cooler climes.
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