Tropical Biodiversity with Special Emphasis on Characteristic Species

摘要

Biodiversity studies, aside from revealing hidden species from basic, conventional methods to sophisticated technologies, also have several obstacles. Our study showed that almost all variable widespread species comprised of multiple species. On the other hand, some endemic species might be found to be a synonym of a widespread species, and a reasonable explanation is in place. Tectonic plates of Indonesia are found to be a very effective way to explain speciation. Nevertheless, it also raised some issues concerning species definition. Despite the fast scientific progress in all aspects of science and technology, many other biodiversity aspects, such as ecology, niche, behavior, reproductive strategy, physiology, species introduction in the past, and many more, received little attention and progressed slowly, especially technology which needs the handing of a living organism.