02453nas a2200289   4500008004100000245010500041210006900146260000800215300001400223490000700237520151800244653002601762653001701788653001501805653002901820653002801849653001401877653001301891653001101904653002401915653001101939653001301950653001801963653003201981100001802013856013202031       2006                        eng d00aDetecting biodiversity hotspots by species-area relationships: a case study of Mediterranean beetles0 aDetecting biodiversity hotspots by speciesarea relationships a c  cAUG  a1169-11800 v203 aAny method of identifying hotspots should take into account the effect of area on species richness. I examined the importance of the species-area relationship in determining tenebrionid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) hotspots on the Aegean Islands (Greece). Thirty-two islands and 170 taxa (species and subspecies) were included in this study. I tested several species-area relationship models with linear and nonlinear regressions, including power exponential, negative exponential, logistic, Gompertz, Weibull, Lomolino, and He-Legendre functions. Islands with positive residuals were identified as hotspots. I also analyzed the values of the C parameter of the power function and the simple species-area ratios. Species richness was significantly correlated with island area for all models. The power function model was the most convenient one, Most functions, however, identified certain islands as hotspots. The importance of endemics in insular biotas should be evaluated carefully because they are of high conservation concern. The simple use of the species-area relationship can be problematic when areas with no endemics are included. Therefore the importance of endemics should be evaluated according to different methods, such as percentages, to take into account different levels of endemism and different kinds of "endemics" (e.g., endemic to single islands vs. endemic to the archipelago). Because the species-area relationship is a key pattern in ecology, my findings can be applied at broader scales.10aaegean islands greece10abiogeography10aColeoptera10aColeoptera Tenebrionidae10aconservation priorities10adiversity10aendemism10aGreece10aIsland Biogeography10amodels10arichness10atenebrionidae10aterrestrial isopods isopoda1 aFattorini, S.  uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/detecting-biodiversity-hotspots-species-area-relationships-case-study-mediterranean-beetles