@article{fdi:010061169,
  title = {{C}onservation priorities in a biodiversity hotspot : analysis of narrow endemic plant species in {N}ew {C}aledonia},
  author = {{W}ulff, {A}. {S}. and {H}ollingsworth, {P}. {M}. and {A}hrends, {A}. and {J}affr{\'e}, {T}anguy and {V}eillon, {J}ean-{M}arie and {L}'{H}uillier, {L}. and {F}ogliani, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{N}ew {C}aledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot facing extreme environmental degradation. {G}iven the urgent need for conservation prioritisation, we have made a first-pass quantitative assessment of the distribution of {N}arrow {E}ndemic {S}pecies ({NES}) in the flora to identify species and sites that are potentially important for conservation action. {W}e assessed the distributional status of all angiosperm and gymnosperm species using data from taxonomic descriptions and herbarium samples. {W}e characterised species as being {NES} if they occurred in 3 or fewer locations. {I}n total, 635 of the 2930 assessed species were classed as {NES}, of which only 150 have been subjected to the {IUCN} conservation assessment. {A}s the distributional patterns of un-assessed species from one or two locations correspond well with assessed species which have been classified as {C}ritically {E}ndangered or {E}ndangered respectively, we suggest that our distributional data can be used to prioritise species for {IUCN} assessment. {W}e also used the distributional data to produce a map of "{H}otspots of {P}lant {N}arrow {E}ndemism' ({HPNE}). {C}ombined, we used these data to evaluate the coincidence of {NES} with mining activities (a major source of threat on {N}ew {C}aledonia) and also areas of conservation protection. {T}his is to identify species and locations in most urgent need of further conservation assessment and subsequent action. {F}inally, we grouped the {NES} based on the environments they occurred in and modelled the habitat distribution of these groups with a {M}aximum {E}ntropy {S}pecies {D}istribution {M}odel ({M}ax{E}nt). {T}he {NES} were separable into three different groups based primarily on geological differences. {T}he distribution of the habitat types for each group coincide partially with the {HPNE} described above and also indicates some areas which have high habitat suitability but few recorded {NES}. {S}ome of these areas may represent under-sampled hotspots of narrow endemism and are priorities for further field work.},
  keywords = {{NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {e73371},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0073371},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061169},
}