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biodiversity hotspots

biodiversity hotspots is the plural of biodiversity hotspot.

Meaning of biodiversity hotspot

Noun

biodiversity hotspot (plural biodiversity hotspots)

  1. A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.
    • Conservationists are far from able to assist all species under threat, if only for lack of funding. This places a premium on priorities: how can we support the most species at the least cost? One way is to identify ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are...2000 February 24, Norman Myers, Russell A[lan] Mittermeier, Cristina G[oettsch] Mittermeier, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Jennifer Kent, “Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Priorities”, in Nature...
    Synonyms:
    hot spot, hotspot

Questions about biodiversity hotspots

What is biodiversity hotspots the plural of?
Biodiversity hotspots is the plural of biodiversity hotspot.

Words near biodiversity hotspots in the dictionary

  1. biodiversify
  2. biodiversifying
  3. biodiversities
  4. biodiversity
  5. biodiversity hotspot
  6. biodiversity hotspots
  7. biodiversity offset
  8. biodoc
  9. biodocs
  10. biodomain
  11. biodomains

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