Endemic Bird Areas of the World
Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation represents an effort to document in detail the endemic biodiversity conservation importance of the world's Endemic Bird Areas.
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| Author | Alison J. Stattersfield, Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long, and David C. Wege |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Birdlife International |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Softback) |
| Pages | 846 |
| ISBN | 0-946888-33-7 |
| OCLC | 39180924 |
The authors are Alison J. Stattersfield, Michael J. Crosby, Adrian J. Long, and David C. Wege, with a foreword by Queen Noor of Jordan. Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation contains 846 pages, and is a 1998 publication by Birdlife International, No. 7 in their Birdlife Conservation Series.
Six Introductory Sections
editThe book has six introductory sections:
- "Biodiversity and Priority setting"
- "Identifying Endemic Bird Areas"
- "Global Analyses"
- "The Prioritization of Endemic Bird Areas"
- "The Conservation Relevance of Endemic Bird Areas"
- "Endemic Bird Areas as Targets for Conservation Action"
Six Regional Introductions
editThese are then followed by six Regional Introductions, in which Endemic Bird Areas are grouped into six major regions:
- North and Central America
- South America
- Africa, Europe, and the Middle East
- Continental Asia
- South-east Asian Islands, New Guinea and Australia
- Pacific Islands
Endemic Bird Areas
editThe bulk of the book consists of accounts of each of the 218 Endemic Bird Areas. Each account contains the following information:
- summary statistics about the EBA
- A "General Characteristics" section
- A section giving an overview of the restricted-range endemic bird species found in the EBA
- A Threats and Conservation section describing the threats posed to the EBA's biodiversity interest, and any significant measure in which are in place to counter these
- An annotated list of the restricted-range endemics found in the EBA
Secondary Bird Areas
editThe book concludes with a short section giving brief details of 138 secondary areas, again grouped into the six regions.
Details
editEndemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation follows on from work presented in the 1992 publication Putting biodiversity on the map: priority areas for global conservation.