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Creado por Chelsi Souch
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Why Biodiversity Matters
• Healthy ecosystems provide resources, such as
water, wood, and fish, and services such as
Coastal wetlands...
• Biological diversity, or biodiversity, includes
Genetic Diversity
Species Diversity
Two recent victims of human-caused extinctions
are the
Ecosystem Diversity
Causes of Declining Biodiversity
Habitat Destruction
Invasive Species
Overexploitation
Pollution
BIOMAGNIFICATION
The Carbon Cycle
The Phosphorus Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen has two abiotic reservoirs:
• Two major sources of nitrogen are
Nutrient Pollution
Conservation and Restoration Biology
Conservation biology
Restoration ecology
Biodiversity “Hot Spots”
Conservation at the Ecosystem Level
Landscape ecology
Edges between ecosystems
movement corridor
Restoring Ecosystems
The Goal of Sustainable Development
Evolution Connection: Can Biophilia Save
Biodiversity?