Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität
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Field notes on findings of threatened amphibian species in the central mountain range of western Panama
(2012)
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Andreas Hertz
Sebastian Lotzkat
Arcadio Carrizo
Marcos Ponce
Gunther Köhler
Bruno Streit
- During field work along a transect in the Cordillera Central of western Panama between
2008 and 2010, we detected several populations of amphibian species which are considered as
“Endangered” or “Critically Endangered” by the IUCN. Some of these species had suffered from
serious population declines, probably due to chytridiomycosis, but all are generally threatened by
habitat loss. We detected 53% of the Endangered and 56% of the Critically Endangered amphibian
species that have previously been reported from within the investigated area. We report on findings
of species that have not been found in Panama for many years, and provide locality data of newly
discovered populations. There is a need to create a new protected area in the Cerro Colorado area
of the Serranía de Tabasará, where we found 15% of the Endangered and Critically Endangered amphibian species known to Panama.
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Eine Erde voller Arten : Darwins Vermächtnis in der heutigen Evolutionsbiologie
(2008)
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Bruno Streit
Markus Pfenninger
Klaus Schwenk
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The Middle Eastern Biodiversity Network: Generating and sharing knowledge for ecosystem management and conservation
(2009)
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Friedhelm Krupp
Masaa Al-Jumaily
Michel Bariche
Maroof Khalaf
Masoumeh Malek
Bruno Streit
- Despite prevailing arid conditions, the diversity of terrestrial and freshwater biota in the Middle East is amazingly high and marine biodiversity is among the highest on Earth. Th roughout the Region, threats to the environment are moderate to severe. Despite the outstanding economic and ecological importance of biological diversity, the capacity in biodiversity-related research and academic education is inadequate. The "Middle Eastern Biodiversity Network" (MEBN), founded in 2006 by six universities and research institutes in Iran, Jordan, Germany, Lebanon and Yemen was designed to fi ll this gap. An integrated approach is taken to upgrade biodiversity research and education in order to improve regional ecosystem conservation and management capacities. A wide range of activities are carried out in the framework of the Network, including capacity building in biological collection management and professional natural history curatorship, developing university curricula in biodiversity, conducting scientifi c research, organising workshops and conferences on Middle Eastern biodiversity, and translating the results of biodiversity research into conservation and sustainable development. Keywords: Middle Eastern biodiversity, nature museums, biodiversity research, biodiversity education, biodiversity conservation, biodiversity networks
