Biology 141

Links between ecology, selection, evolution and biodiversity

K.E. Clifton

Lewis & Clark College

 

 

Thinking about biodiversity

 

Where does it come from?

Defining a species

Speciation

 

Organizational levels of biodiversity

Diversity of different taxa: what we know and don't know

What do we know about current levels of biodiversity?

 

 

What is so good about biodiversity?

Aesthetics

Human health

Ecosystem "health"

 

Are there spatial patterns to biodivesity....or what is a "hotspot"?

The role of history

The role of productivity

The role of habitat structure

The role of specialization

 

Why are most species rare?

 

Thinking about threats to biodiversity 

 

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