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Hotspot: California on the Edge URL: http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/california%5Fhotspot/ Description: Companion to an exhibit about biodoversity hotspots in California. "Defining a hotspot requires understanding a regions species' distributions and endemism (the degree to which species are found only in a given place)." Features descriptions of species in the hotspot areas of Central Valley vernal pools, Mediterranean shrublands, the Sierra Nevada, Cascade range volcanoes, and Klamath-Siskiyou wilderness. Also describes threats (such as population growth and global warming) and related topics. From the California Academy of Sciences. LII Topics: California: Animals, California: Environment & Energy, Endangered Species, Environmental Protection, Habitats, Wildlife Publisher: California Academy of Sciences Extra Keywords climate change LII Database Information: Record 22786 created by Maria Brandt on 10/23/2006 Last modification on 10/25/2006 Published: 10/26/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22786 |
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