Size of the protected areas is the main determinant of species diversity in orchids.

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67179843:_____/09:00338559 RIV/60076658:12310/09:00010441

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Size of the protected areas is the main determinant of species diversity in orchids.

Original language description

Efficient allocation of conservation resources will be achieved only if the priorities for biodiversity conservation are correctly defined. Area, energy available and latitude are thought to be the most important determinants of species richness. Area isclearly the most important, but the relative importance of the other two is uncertain. To test the relative importance of energy available and latitude, data on the species richness of orchids was collected for 67 countries from 5 continents, the influence of area factored out and the residuals correlated with energy available and with latitude. We show that area is always very important, latitude is more important than energy available and the size of the protected areas gives a better fit than the total area of the country. This implies that conservation efforts should be directed to maximizing the size of the protected areas in each country.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LC06073" target="_blank" >LC06073: Biodiversity Research Center</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biological Conservation

ISSN

0006-3207

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

142

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000269730500038

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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