For decades, Conservation International has devoted itself not only to
saving endangered regions on the planet but also to chronicling, in
lavish volumes, the biodiversity of these areas. These volumes,
according to Choice, are"a superbly produced . . . source of
hard-to-find information on biodiversity, biogreography, and
conservation."
Hotspots Revisited continues this rich tradition, drawing on the
organization's continuing work to identify, research, and document
biologically diverse yet dangerously threatened regions. The first
Hotspots volume identified twenty-five endangered regions; Hotspots
Revisited reveals an astonishing nine additional areas, from Melanesia
to northern Mexico, that now meet the same criteria.
Hotspots Revisited presents the most up-to-date analyses of the
ecology of these endangered areas--including new information on
freshwater fish and other animal populations. But the heart of the
volume is in the hundreds of vibrant color photographs of the animals
and plants under threat. Magnificent in conception and flawless in
execution, Hotspots Revisited is equally at home on a scientist's
shelf or an ecotourist's coffee table.