‘Define Biodiversity and using examples‚ explain why it is important’ Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth. A fuller definition is given in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from the 1992 Earth summit: ‘Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources‚ including terrestrial‚ marine‚ and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part ; this includes diversity within species‚ between species and of ecosystems’ (Hambler‚ C.‚ 2004
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Meaning The definition of biodiversity encompasses the degree of variations in organisms and/ or species within an ecosystem. The loss of biodeversity would be the diminishing of dfferent species within that ecosystem. For example‚ a lake may be the home to many types of fish. A change in the lake’s temperature or chemistry may affect a food source for a certain type of fish. This type of fish may die out and leave the lake with one less species in it. The loss of one fish or food source may impact
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Biodiversity Paper BIO/280 March 4‚ 2013 Shameema Sarker Conservation biology is a scientific discipline that devotes its focus to maintaining and conserving the structural biological
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Kenya and her Bio - Diversity Biodiversity Kenya’s protected areas are home to many birds and other wildlife. There are over one thousand species of birds including migrant waterfowl. Animals found in the reserves are elephants‚ lions‚ cheetahs‚ leopards‚ giraffes‚ zebras‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses. Kenya is a mega - biodiversity nation with both globally and nationally significant biodiversity in the wildlife‚ forest‚ fresh water and marine ecosystems. Wildlife plays a significant
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Outline Loss of Biodiversity Introduction I. By the show of hands‚ how many of you know what a biodiversity is? II. For those of you who do not know‚ a biodiversity is a variety of the humans and species that live on Earth. III. This is meaningful to you because I hope to speak for most of us when I say that I want my children and my grandchildren to experience the animals and wildlife we have today. IV. However‚ according to ourfutureplanet.org the rate of a loss of biodiversity is occurring
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Declining Biodiversity Deanna Garrett ENV495 Jeanne Lambert May 6‚ 2013 Declining Biodiversity Biodiversity is important in ecosystems because every life form works together in order for them to function. When these ecosystems are disrupted or altered‚ or even lacks biodiversity‚ it poses major threats to all the life forms in it‚ whether it happens quickly or over a long period of time. These threats include atmospheric pollution‚ weather catastrophe‚ climate changes‚ or even man-made
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species will develop different methods of adaptation that enable them to survive in any particular niche. In summary‚ natural selection will drive the adaptation of any given population to fit the number of available niches‚ and this will create the biodiversity that is present in nature. Explain Continued evolution requires a diverse population‚ which provides the raw material on which natural selection can act. As natural selection is the accumulation of random‚ small genetic changes‚ the chances
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Introduction Biodiversity also known as biological diversity is the existence of a wide variety of species (species diversity) or other taxa of plants‚ animals‚ and micro organisms in a natural community or habitat‚ or of communities within a particular environment (ecological diversity) or of a genetic variation within a specie (genetic diversity). (Oxford dictionary of biology). The root of concern for conserving biodiversity are increased loss of species‚ increased rates of deforestation and
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The carabao gets its flea control solution with the help of the carabao egret while the carabao’s built serves as a defense or source of security.. Mutualism Mutualism is a biological interaction between two organisms. Most mutualisms are facultative‚ meaning the partners can successfully live apart. However‚ some mutualisms are so intimate that the interacting species can no longer live without each other; they have a mutually obligate interdependence. Examples: As the bee or butterfly sips
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BI296 Tutorial B2 3 Topics for Poster Jan. 15th. 14 1. The loss of biodiversity due to human interactions. HUGE topic therefore lots to talk about- easy to research It is an increasing problem that needs to be advertised Deforestation‚ culture‚ economy‚ climate change‚ selection‚ etc Domino effect- less diversity = less ecosystems Urbanization in Canada is taking away habitats therefore decreases the species in those habitats and disrupting ecosystems Pollution‚ addition‚ Could focus
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