BIODIVERSITY

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is the variety and variability of life and the ecological systems for which they are a part.

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Biodiversity

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Biological Diversity was coined by?

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W.G. Rosen in 1986

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1st used by

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Raymond Dasmann

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Levels of Biodiversity

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Genetic Diversity
Species Diversity
Ecological Diversity

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• all the different genes contained in all individual plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms. It occurs within a species as well as between species

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Genetic Diversity

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• all the differences within and between populations of species, as well as between different species.

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Species Diversity

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• all the different habitats, biological communities, and ecological processes, as well as variation within individual ecosystems

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Ecological Diversity

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composed of living and non- living things

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ecosystem

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it determines the traits of individuals

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genes

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water, rocks, soil (abiotic)

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Non-living things

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Whittaker’s Five Kingdoms

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Kingdom Bacteria
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae – Flora
Kingdom Animalia – Fauna

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• they are ubiquitous, they are present everywhere.
• microscopic living things
• they are grouped together in prokaryotes

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Kingdom Bacteria

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• eukaryotic organisms that are not deemed to be animals, plants, and fungi

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Kingdom Protista

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• examples are mushroom, molds, yeast

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Kingdom Fungi

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• they are immobile, multi-cellular, and eukaryotic
• they have the ability to photosynthesize

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Kingdom Plantae

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• it is the most evolved and is divided into two large groups, vertebrates and invertebrates

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Kingdom Animalia

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Linnaean System, from Carolus Linnaeus, 1740’s

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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

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is based on the similarities in obvious physical traits and consist the hierarchy of taxa from the kingdom to species

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binomial nomenclature

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• world’s largest global environmental organization

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

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a population of organisms facing a high risk of becoming extinct

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Endangered

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relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other

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• parasitism

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both host and parasite benefits

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• mutualism

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relationship between two organisms in which one derives benefit from the other without causing it any harm.

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• commensalism

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highest risk category

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Critically endangered

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end of an organism/ group of organisms

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Extinction

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phenomenon where a species presumed extant abruptly reappears after a period of absence

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• Lazarus taxa

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Importance of Biodiversity

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Source of Medicine
Ecosystem Services
Air and Water Purification
Pollination and Seed Dispersal
Economic social/cultural value
Recovery from unpredictable events
Mega Diversity

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provided oxic environment in early earth’s atmosphere

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Cyanobacteria

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Threats to Biodiversity

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Habitat Destruction
Over-exploitation
Chemical or Environmental Pollution
Global Warming = Climate Change

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• emitted from the production and use of fertilizers, and pesticides in agriculture and combustion of fossil fuels

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Nitrous oxide