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Hotspots are the regions of :
Answer: B
Hotspots are regions of endemism.
Norman Myers, who proposed biodiversity hotspots in 1988, and Conservation International define a hotspot by two criteria: it must hold at least 1,500 endemic species of vascular plants (species found nowhere else), and it must have lost at least 70% of its original vegetation. Endemism is thus the defining feature; the Western Ghats and the Himalaya are Indian examples.
Hotspots are rich in species, but high diversity alone does not qualify a region. Rarity and endangered species are consequences or concerns of conservation, not the criterion used to identify hotspots.
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