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| Area of suitable climate for species |
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High altitude areas habitat area goes down quickly on mountains
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conecntration of pullutant increases up food chain
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| genetic predisposition of humans to value biological diversity |
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| domestic cattle ancestor. breed recreated by german scientist |
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| set aside areas from human development |
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| resource conservation ethic |
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use resources wisely for all society
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| manage resources for several functions |
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| human a part of ecosystems instead of apart |
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| modify human habitats to share with other species |
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| human benfits from community diversity (filter water/air, flood/erosion control) |
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| Species diversity: Morphological |
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| Group morphologically, physiologically, biochemically different from others |
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| Species diversity: Biological |
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| Interbreed to produce fertile offspring |
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| Species diversity: Phylogenetic |
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| Share recent common ancestor |
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| Endangered 1967, extinct in wild 1980. Captive breeding programs used and created new hybrid species |
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| fertile offspring 2 taxonomic species |
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| transfer genes between species via hybrids can erode species identity |
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swamping rare species identity thru introgression
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| One species changes thru time |
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| breeding barries allow population to evolve independently |
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| populations seperated by space |
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| population enters isolated new niche, evoles |
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| population enters new adjacent niche, evolves |
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| speciation occurs within original population |
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| multiple sets of chromosomes due to non-disjunction |
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| rapid speciation when new habitats colonized (islands) |
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| Now >35 times than speciation rate |
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1) fewer populations
2) Protected areas too small
3) Some species last of lineage
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| Rate of evolution is slow because |
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| Number species present (alpha diversity) |
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| combination richness and evenness |
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| how numbers individuals divided among species |
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| position fo place on chromosome |
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fraction individuals heterzygous per locus
High H is good |
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| recessive genes that kill |
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| protein phenotypes (enzymes) |
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| both need resource in limiting supply (-,-) |
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| One species consumes another (+,-) |
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| Organism benefit on another (+,+) |
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| One benefits, other unaffected (+,0) |
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| One harmed, other unaffected (-,0) |
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| Group of species with similar ecological function in community |
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| species/guild affects community more than expected based upon abundance/biomass |
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| 1.7 million described, 50% insects |
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| Irregular terrain on carbonate rocks |
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| dark adapted terrestrial species only in caves |
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| aquatic species only in caves |
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| Fog 1 tree, count species. Estimate specialist and multiply by # tree species |
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| collect mount, sort specimens in consultation with taxonomists (Costa rica, Papua New guinea) |
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| ShortDNA sequence uniform genome locality |
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| economic needs. 50% planet live on <2$day |
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| ideas underlie capitalist economics |
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Takes places when both participants gain
Driven by needs/benefits (+competition) |
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| Competition keeps prices reasonable |
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Hidden costs to society, not participants in transcaction
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| consumption by one consumer prevents use by another (Apple) |
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Consumption doesn't effect others
(radio) |
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Can prevent those who don't pay for it from use
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Exludable and non rival
-tv
-satt radio
-online wsj |
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Nonexludable and nonrival
-fish in open sea
-atmosphere
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Nonexcludable and nonrival
-Tax based
-law
-Indirect private funing
-search engine
on the air tv |
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| Owned by everybody/nobody and accessible to all |
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| pay for use/damage, regulations |
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| moral reasons restrain self interest |
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| costs and benefits compared |
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| harm economy and environment |
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1) If harm may result, delay until new information
2) Burden of proof: those proposing activity show its harmless |
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| Genuine progress indicator |
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| Includes environmental damage, 1986-1994 showed decline while GDP showed growth |
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| Environmental sustainability index |
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| Environmental health and economic competitivness |
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| Products harvested by people |
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| benefits to society from resource when not harvested |
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| possible future benefits to society |
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| $ value assigned to biodiversity |
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| Term from africa for the wild game hunted by local people to supply them with a source of protein |
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| estimate cost to replace in market |
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1) Provisioning
2) Regulating
3) supporting
4) cultural |
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| Highly developed parts of cities often are significantly warmer than suburban areas |
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| loss of tree cover in cities |
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| Economic activity to enjoy nature |
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| Species can inidicate environmental hazards (Lichens) |
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| larvae develop in single host and kill |
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| antitumor agent found in pacific yew (taxus) |
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| search for valuable organisms or their genes |
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| recent agreements divide benefits between company and home country |
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| Pandas,elephants, siberian tiger |
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| Non governmental organizations |
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| Collected 2.3 billion in 1990 |
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1) Economics may support species loss
2) Universal
3) underlies legal systems |
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| extinction of a species destorys evolution/speciation potential |
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| Earthship metaphor (Ehrlich and Ehrlich) |
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| Earth carries species and they are rivets that hold the ship together |
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| Environmental justice movement |
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| Empower poor/politically weak to protect environment |
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| Being one with nature instead of dominant |
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| ecological role not fulfilled |
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| Eventual loss species from remaining habitat fragments |
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| Species thought extinct rediscovered |
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| 55 species hunted for feathers |
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| alabama is number 2. Freshwater organisms |
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as area increases, species richness does
s=caz
s= number of species a= area
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