Biodiversity Research Trends and Gaps from the Confluence of Three Global Biodiversity Hotspots in the Far-Eastern Himalaya
Joint Authors
Basnet, Deepa
Kandel, Pratikshya
Chettri, Nakul
Yang, Yongping
Lodhi, Mahendra Singh
Htun, Naing Zaw
Uddin, Kabir
Sharma, Eklabya
Source
International Journal of Ecology
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-01-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Far-Eastern Himalaya Landscape (FHL), a shared transboundary landscape between China, India, and Myanmar, is one of the most intact and biologically rich landscapes in the Eastern Himalaya.
Yet, the state of biodiversity and its significance are comparatively poorly known to conservationists and policy makers due to low priority in research, inaccessibility, and remoteness.
We collated and reviewed 1032 articles relating to biodiversity of the FHL to understand research trends, identify knowledge gaps, and suggest priority research areas for future biodiversity conservation and management in the landscape.
Our review showed that the Myanmar part of the landscape is the most studied, followed by the Indian and Chinese parts.
The trend of publications in the landscape showed that the earliest publication on biodiversity in the FHL dates back to 1833, while the years from 2001 to 2017 account for almost 80% of the total publications.
Most studies focused on species (73.6%), followed by ecosystems (25%) and genetics (1.4%).
Mammals were the most studied taxa (22.6%), with a greater focus on charismatic megafauna, followed by arthropods (15.6%), angiosperms (14.8%), insects (13.4%), and birds (10.8%).
There were very few publications on lower invertebrates and lower kingdoms, Monera, Protista, Fungi, and Viruses.
At the ecosystem level, most studies focused on forests (58.5%) followed by freshwater (32%), agroecosystems (9%), and alpine/tundra ecosystem (0.5%); there were only 14 studies at genetic level.
In the FHL, new species have been discovered and rediscovered starting from the early 1930s until 2017.
The majority of newly discovered species in the last 18 years are arthropods.
The paper reviews past research areas, identifies gaps for future research and intervention, and recommends transboundary collaboration to address these gaps for conservation and sustainable development of the FHL landscape.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Basnet, Deepa& Kandel, Pratikshya& Chettri, Nakul& Yang, Yongping& Lodhi, Mahendra Singh& Htun, Naing Zaw…[et al.]. 2019. Biodiversity Research Trends and Gaps from the Confluence of Three Global Biodiversity Hotspots in the Far-Eastern Himalaya. International Journal of Ecology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1165162
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Basnet, Deepa…[et al.]. Biodiversity Research Trends and Gaps from the Confluence of Three Global Biodiversity Hotspots in the Far-Eastern Himalaya. International Journal of Ecology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1165162
American Medical Association (AMA)
Basnet, Deepa& Kandel, Pratikshya& Chettri, Nakul& Yang, Yongping& Lodhi, Mahendra Singh& Htun, Naing Zaw…[et al.]. Biodiversity Research Trends and Gaps from the Confluence of Three Global Biodiversity Hotspots in the Far-Eastern Himalaya. International Journal of Ecology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1165162
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1165162