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claimeed that unless population growth was controlled, people would outgrow the available food suply |
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Founded the US forestry service |
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Advocated the protection of predators |
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Father of classical economics |
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Natural Selection. Studied in the Galapagos |
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Studied in the Malaysian Archipelago |
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forced the government of new caledonia to obey laws to protect reefs |
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% composition of atmospheric nitrogen |
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% compostion of atmospheric oxygen |
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% composition of atmospheric carbon |
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any rock subjected to intense heat any pressure thats form is altered |
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process of compression and compaction (forms sedimentary rock) |
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when one techtonic plate slides under another |
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Concentrated animal feeding operations |
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entre area of land that a river drains |
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process of nutrient overenrichment,algal blooms, increased population of organic matter, decomposition, and hypoxia |
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Split off Austrialia more endemic species than anywhere else no mammals/amphibians domniated by birds/reptiles kagu-endemic flightless bird |
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Extra Credit extinct species |
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Caspian Tiger Auk Dodo bird T-rex English Wolf Quagga Steller's seacow |
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first 11 miles of the atmospher |
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past 11 miles into the atmospher |
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% of energy trapped by photosynthesis |
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ways to reduce dead zones |
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responsible use of fertilizer Riparian Buffers |
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vegetated land that helps protect a stream from the impact of adjacent land uses |
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250mya, 90-95% of species went extinct |
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California floristic preserve |
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biodiversity hotspot in California, host to over 8000 endemic plant species; mediteranian climate |
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