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Caribbeanislands
- 1. CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BRIANNA ANDREKOVICH biodiversity hotspots PERIOD 3
- 2. Caribbean Islands has dozensof threatened species known for its diminutive nature of its fauna very diverse ecosystems montane cloud forests cactus scrublands Elevations range from over 3,000 meters to 40 meters below sea level(desert depression) home to some of the richest land and marine environments on earth.
- 3. The Caribbean Hotspot 90%of the Caribbean Island Hotspot’s original vegetation cover has been devastated through human activity one of the world most important hotspots spans over 4 million square kilometers of ocean around 230,000 km² of land area consists of three big groups of islands between North and South America (the Bahamas, the Lesser and greater Antilles)
- 4. species percentage 7,779 endemicspecies plants- 13,000 species 6,550 endemic species(50%) mammals- 89 species and 41 endemic(46%) birds- 604 species and 163 endemic(27%) reptiles- 502 species and 469 endemic(93%) amphibians- 170 species and 170 endemic(100%) freshwater fish- 161 species and 65 endemic(40%)
- 5. plants the goetziaceae carribean mahogany walnut westindian ebony poui
- 6. Animals anoles todies solenodon worlds smallest bird- the tiny bee mongooses hummingbird rats worlds smallest snake- feral cats leptotuphlops palmchat gars gars
- 7. threatened plants auerodendron pauciflorum buxusvahlii calyptronoma rivalis llex cooki schoepfia arenaria adiatum vivesii harrisia portoricensis
- 8. threatened/endangered over 25% ofthe Caribbean’s endemic species are either threatened or have already become extinct animals 62% of species have gone extinct jamaican iguana cuban crocodile jamaican snoring frog whistling warbler leatherback sea turtle imperial parrot giant shrews (2 species)
- 9. tiny-bee hummingbird cuban crocodile jamaican iguana worlds smallest snake Schoepfia arenaria
- 10. reasons for endangerment/threats biggest threat is invasive species ( great horned owl, ruddy duck, crested anole, coquí, etc.) land conversion over-exploitation agriculture-cacao, coffee, and tobacco threaten forests mining tourism habitat loss
- 11. http://www.cepf.net/where_we_work/regions/CaribbeanIslands/Pages/default.aspx http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/pimm/keywest/hotspot.php http://www.google.com/imgres?start=96&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=593&tbm=isch&tbnid=9F-cSr1Mg31XJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sciencedire
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