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Article: BIODIVERSITY MAP CHARTS ANIMAL HOT SPOTS; EFFORT INVOLVING SU PROFESSOR SHOWS AREAS WHERE PLANT-EATING MAMMALS MAY THRIVE.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2002
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Byline: Mark Weiner Staff writer
A Syracuse University biologist has teamed up with European scientists to produce the first global map of biodiversity hot spots, showing the world's most likely places for plant-eating mammals to thrive.
A study published in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature suggested the Punjab region of India, the Serengeti plain of Africa and Yellowstone National Park in the United States have the best potential to hold the most diverse array of plant-eating animals.
The map is the result of research by biologist Mark Ritchie, a professor at SU's College of Arts and Sciences, and biologists Han Olff and Herbert H.T. ...