PPT-Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control

Chapter 5 Key Concepts Species interactions Responses to changes in environmental conditions Factors determining number of species in a community Species Diversity and Ecological Stability. What is Biodiversity?. All living things in a food web are connected.. If the numbers of one species are affected it affects the numbers of all other species in the food web.. If the numbers of baboons decreased then this would affect every other living things in the food web.. Environmental Science. January 9, 2012. Ms Cilli. Chapter 10 Activity. Exotic Species. : . animals that are not native to an area. Objectives. Develop an organization that preserves the world’s . biodiversity. Objectives:. Define the terms . extinction. , . extirpation. and . mass extinction. .. Contrast background extinction rates and periods of mass extinction.. Evaluate the primary causes of biodiversity loss.. Supervisor: Dr. Doug King. Niloofar. . Alavi. Background: Biodiversity and Habitat . H. eterogeneity. Biodiversity:. . T. he . variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part . Introduction. Considering how biodiversity is being lost, what are some possible ways that we could protect biodiversity?. Protecting Biodiversity. Explicit Instruction. Nations pass laws and sign international treaties that protect biodiversity.. It is the variety of all the different living things and their homes on the planet. . BIO. . DIVERSITY. Bio= biological organisms . -living things!. diversity= the amount of variation. What is biodiversity?. Bio = life. Diversity = differences among organisms. Biodiversity. = the variety of living organisms found in an area. Where can you find biodiversity?. Biodiversity varies around the world:. Case Study: Protecting Whales: A Success Story… So Far (1) . Cetaceans: Toothed whales and baleen whales. 8 of 11 major species hunted to commercial extinction by 1975. 1946: International Whaling Commission (IWC). Saving the Siberian Tiger. Siberian tigers are one of five remaining tiger subspecies.. In the early 20th century, hunting and habitat loss reduced the wild population to just 20–30 animals.. Conservation efforts have helped the wild population rebound to 450–500 today.. Metabarcoding : a tool to accelerate biodiversity assessments ? Florence Pradillon & Sophie Arnaud- Haond Ifremer Meioscool 2016, IUEM, 27 June - 1 st July 2016 Outline of the talk Match the following to the correct description. One Teacher. species. population. community. ecosyste. m. All Teachers. Teachers and Students. George West. Look through the vocabulary cards on your desk.. Extinction . When an organism is classed as extinct there are no living members of that species left. Extinction is a natural process where organisms that are less suited to an environment die out. Throughout the history of earth there have been several mass extinction events . Presented by. Dr.Anubha. Gupta. Faculty , S.S. in Commerce . Vikram. University. Useful for BBA(H)/B.COM(H)/M.COM and allied subject. Biodiversity. The term biodiversity was coined as a contraction of biological diversity by E.O. Wilson in 1985. . . C. Meehan, K. La Spisa, G. Ferguson. Victoria D’Ambrosia . William Floyd High School and Cold Spring Harbor’s DNA Learning Center. Abstract. In an ecosystem, biodiversity is the quantity of different species thriving in an.