Figure 32 Coral reefs are built up from the skeletons of billions of tiny individual animals Figure 33 Species richness for vertebrates is greatest in tropical regions with abundant rainfall Figure 34 Cone snails are an indicator group for marine biodiversity ID: 718530
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Chapter 3 OpenerSlide2
Figure 3.1 The current extent of tropical forests and the areas that have been cleared of tropical forestsSlide3
Figure 3.2 Coral reefs are built up from the skeletons of billions of tiny individual animalsSlide4
Figure 3.3 Species richness for vertebrates is greatest in tropical regions with abundant rainfallSlide5
Figure 3.4 Cone snails are an indicator group for marine biodiversitySlide6
Table 3.1 Number of native mammal species in selected tropical and temperate countries paired for comparable sizeSlide7
Figure 3.5 Approximately 1.5 million species have been identified and described by scientists; the majority of these are insects and plantsSlide8
Figure 3.5 Approximately 1.5 million species have been identified and described by scientists; the majority of these are insects and plants (Part 1)Slide9
Figure 3.5 Approximately 1.5 million species have been identified and described by scientists; the majority of these are insects and plants (Part 2)Slide10
Figure 3.6 In addition to the 1.5 million species already described, scientists are describing about 16,000 new species each yearSlide11
Figure 3.7 Researchers first encountered
Laonastes aenigmamus
being sold as a delicacy in Laotian food marketsSlide12
Figure 3.8 Investigating the rainforestSlide13
Figure 3.8 An entomologist checks a suspended sheet containing fallen insects and leaves from a rainforest tree (Part 1)Slide14
Figure 3.8 A dirigible lowers its inflatable platform base into the dense Guiana rainforest canopy (Part 2)Slide15
Box 3.1 Conserving a world unknown: hydrothermal vents and oil plumesSlide16
Box 3.2 Humans as habitat: the incredible diversity of the human microbiomeSlide17
Figure 3.9 Sampling, sorting, describing, and identifying insects taken from the tree canopySlide18
Figure 3.9 Sampling, sorting, describing, and identifying insects taken from the tree canopy (Part 1)Slide19
Figure 3.9 Sampling, sorting, describing, and identifying insects taken from the tree canopy (Part 2)