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Endangered Species Hotspots

A new study has found that many endangered species live in a relatively few areas, called hot spots. In this hour of Science Friday, Ira Flatow will talk to ecologists and biologists about the science behind the study, and how it might translate into policy.

Guests:
Andrew Dobson
Professor in the departments of ecology and evolutionary biology
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Ronald Pulliam
Science Advisor to the Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

Reed Noss
Editor
Conservation Biology
Corvallis, Oregon

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