Biodiversity, endemism and the conservation of limestone Karsts in the Sangkulirang Peninsula, Borneo

摘要: Abstract The Sangkulirang Peninsula in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo has been highlighted as a global priority for karst ecosystem conservation. A team 19 scientists led by Nature Conservancy and Indonesian Institute Sciences conducted 5-week biological survey Sangkulirang's mountains between July August 2004 to determine conservation relevance area based its species richness endemism levels. Preliminary results suggest that peninsula is home high levels diversity plants, snails, insects, birds bats. underline complementarity assemblages this landscape, which an important result planning. Because these differences, more than one site must be protected ensure adequate protection most taxon. Several new plants animals were discovered, including what probably largest cave cockroach world very smal...