| 单词 | biodiversity hotspot | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbiodiversity hotspot  14.  Ecology. A locality or region with very high biodiversity; spec. one that has a high proportion of endemic species and is under threat. More fully  biodiversity hotspot.A biodiversity hotspot has been defined as having at least 1500 species of endemic vascular plants and having lost at least 70 per cent of its original habitat. ΚΠ 1976    Science 10 Sept. 1028/1  				‘Hot spots’ of locally high resource production may be important hedges against extinction.]			 1985    E. O. Wilson in  BioScience 35 702/1  				Hot spots of disproportionately high diversity of plants and animals occur within larger rainforests. 1993    Conservation Biol. 7 208/3  				He reaches far and wide to illuminate his message, describing biodiversity hot spots under siege around the world. 1997    B. McCrea et al.  S. Afr.: Rough Guide 104  				The smallest and richest of the floral kingdoms; its 8500 species make it one of the world's biodiversity hot spots. 2005    New Scientist 19 Feb. 82 		(advt.)	  				A contribution to the understanding of the biodiversity of the Western Ghats hotspot. < as lemmas | 
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