BIO-DIVERSTITY

-PATTERN AND GLOBAL HOTSPOTS

BIO-DIVERSITY PATTERN AND ITS
TYPES

 BIO-DIVERSITY IS VARIETY AND VARIABILITY

OF LIFE ON EARTH.
 BIO-DIVERSITY CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO:
 DARWIN’S CATEGORIZATION
 ACCORDING TO SPACE
 ACCORDING TO TIME
 DARWIN’S CATEGORIES
 DARWIN NOTICED THREE DISTINCTIVE
PATTENS:
SPECIES VARY GLOBALLY:
SAME HABITATS DIFFERENT AREA
SPECIES VARY LOCALLY:
SAME AREA DIFFERENT CLIMATE
SPECIES VARY OVER TIME:
MODIFY WITH TIME
PATTERNS ACCORDING TO SPACE
STUDIES STATES THAT BIO-DIVERSITY VARIES
WITH SPACE. IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS :
LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS:
TROPIC ARE GREATER COMPARED TO
POLAR
HABITAT VARIETY:
GREATER SPACE DIVERSE SPECIES
PATTERN ACCORDING TO TIME
BIO-DIVERSITY IS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO
TIME AS FOLLOWS:
• SEASONAL PATTERN:
POPULATION FLUCTUATES ACCORDING TO SEASON
• SUCCESSIONAL PATTERN:
CHANGES DUE TO MIGRATION.
BIO-DIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
• BIO-DIVERSITY HOTSPOTS –METHOD TO IDENTIFY
REGIONS OF WORLD THAT REQUIRE INVESTMENTS IN
CONSERVATION.
• THIS IDEA WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY NORMAN MYERS
IN 1988.
• CURRENTLY 35 HOTSPOTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
• MOST OF THEM ARE IN TROPICAL FORESTS.
• OVERALL HOTSPOTS HAVE LOST AROUND 86% OF ITS
ORIGINAL HABITAT.
 CRITERIA
TO QUALIFY AS A HOTSPOT, A REGION MUST
MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA:
MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST 1,500 SPECIES AS
ENDEMICS.
IT HAS TO LOOSE >70% OF ITS ORIGINAL
HABITAT.
IMPORTANT HOTSPOTS AROUND THE
WORLD
WESTERN GHATS AND SRI LANKA
HIMALAYAS
MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
INDO-BURMA
MADAGASCAR AND INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
FORESTS OF AUSTRALIA
MESO-AMERICA