{"id":107,"date":"2020-05-17T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/?p=107"},"modified":"2020-06-07T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T15:40:22","slug":"endemic-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/2020\/05\/17\/endemic-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Endemic species"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_xlr\">\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-108\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/loris-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"loris\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/loris-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/loris-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/loris-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/06\/loris.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"id_5edcfbe56393f1b97587536\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">Artical no-04<br \/>\nBreverly Fernandez<\/p>\n<p>The IUCN defines an endemic species as one which is native to, and restricted to a particular geographical region. Macarthur and Wilson\u2019s theory on \u2018Island Biogeography\u2019 is a fine portrayal of the significant correlation of the level of endemism with isolation, which is a result of dispersal barriers, such as long distances across the sea. Hence, it is evident tha<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">t Sri Lanka would be rich of endemic species, with allusion to its location in the Indian ocean, as a tropical island, comprising of 48 distinct agro-ecological regions.<br \/>\nSri Lanka is home to about 750 species of vertebrates, out of which, around 322 species are known to be endemic to Sri Lanka. Some of the common examples include the Sri Lankan Junglefowl, Slender Loris and Black ruby barb. Amphibians, in particular, exhibit a very high level of endemism of around 92%, where 112 of the 122 recorded species happen to be endemic.<br \/>\nAs much as these endemic animals boast of the island\u2019s richness in biodiveristy, they also exhibit lower adaptability and thereby, a higher vulnerability to the threat of extinction. Therefore, as humans, we must strive to preserve their natural habitats, in order to conserve these species.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftProductMiniListHscroll\" class=\"fbCommerceProductMiniListHscroll\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftLegacyTagList\" class=\"pts fbPhotoLegacyTagList\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCallToActionButton\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoButtons\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftPhotoFundraiser\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftOwnerButtons\" class=\"mvm fbPhotosPhotoOwnerButtons stat_elem\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftOriginalStory\" class=\"_56lj\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftComputerVisionAnnotation\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCVAnnotation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftVideoFundraiser\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftViews\" class=\"_4p3v\"><\/div>\n<form id=\"u_3_2\" class=\"fbPhotosSnowliftFeedbackForm commentable_item collapsible_comments\" action=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajax\/ufi\/modify.php\" method=\"post\">\n<div id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftFeedback\" class=\"fbPhotosSnowliftFeedback\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artical no-04 Breverly Fernandez The IUCN defines an endemic species as one which is native to, and restricted to a particular geographical region. Macarthur and Wilson\u2019s theory on \u2018Island Biogeography\u2019 is a fine portrayal&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zsjp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}