Why Western Ghats in India have been declared as biological hotspots?

If we apply May's globabeenl estimates of species in indian context, how many species of animal gave recorded?

Human activities had lead to progression of Sixth extinction at a faster rate than the previous five episodes of extinction. How does the sixth extinction differ from the previous episodes of extinction?

Who are the Ecologists associated with the following works:
(i) The sociologist who popularized the term Biodiversity
(ii) Developed the River Popper hypothesis.
(iii) Gave the estimate of global species diversity
(iv) Performed experiments to show that increased diversity contributed to higher productivity

Why is the number of prokaryotic species not yet estimated till now?

20 parrots, 50 sparrows and 150 crows are found in one part of seven senses garden which has large number of trees. Which parameter- species richness or species evenness can be easily assessed from this information?

India has only 2.4% of the land area of the world but it has 8.1% of the species diversity. what are the favorable environmental condition that has favoured speciation in india?

India is one of the twelve mega biodiversity countries Countries of the world. what are the various levels of biodiversity observed in India?

Will climate change bring benefits to some areas?

In global warming real, only a theory or speculation?