Biodiversity: Przewalski's Horse, Edna's Trillium, the Giant Squid, and Over 1.5 Million Other SpeciesUniversity Press of America, 2005 - Всего страниц: 162 Biodiversity is a collection of essays on taxonomy, palaeobiology, evolution, biogeography, population biology, ecology (micro- and macro-), conservation biology, and other sub-disciplines that make up the study of the diversity of life on earth. Empirical rather than theoretical, these essays draw strongly upon the author's observations and travels during thirty years of fieldwork as a naturalist in North America and Asia. Biodiversity may be used as an introductory text in undergraduate biodiversity or conservation biology courses or as supplementary reading in more advanced courses. |
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... basic unit of life is the cell ; ecologists counter by saying that the ecosystem is the most important unit . From my view as a naturalist and field biologist , the organism is what really matters in nature ; the species is what biology ...
... basic unit of life is the cell ; ecologists counter by saying that the ecosystem is the most important unit . From my view as a naturalist and field biologist , the organism is what really matters in nature ; the species is what biology ...
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... works , one must always be aware of what some have called " macroecology . " If , however , if you want to understand what biology is really about , you must look at the species , the basic unit 3 Introduction BIODIVERSITY.
... works , one must always be aware of what some have called " macroecology . " If , however , if you want to understand what biology is really about , you must look at the species , the basic unit 3 Introduction BIODIVERSITY.
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... basic " laws , " theories , and trends that can be seen in all species . There , of course , is truth in that approach . But species are and will always be the basic unit of nature — because we are one species , Homo sapiens — human ...
... basic " laws , " theories , and trends that can be seen in all species . There , of course , is truth in that approach . But species are and will always be the basic unit of nature — because we are one species , Homo sapiens — human ...
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... basic questions we might ask are : How is this organism different from other species ? What color is it , what is its morphology ? Where is it found ? Why is found there ? What are its ecological requirements ? How does it interact with ...
... basic questions we might ask are : How is this organism different from other species ? What color is it , what is its morphology ? Where is it found ? Why is found there ? What are its ecological requirements ? How does it interact with ...
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TAXONOMY ANIMAL VEGETABLE OR MINERAL? OR DID KING PHILLIP CALL OUT FOUR GALLANT SOLDIERS? | 11 |
BIODIVERSITY AN INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES | 21 |
PALEOBIOLOGY LARGE WINGED CREATURES SEAMONSTERS AND DINOSAURS | 35 |
BIOGEOGRAPHY POLAR BEARS AND PENGUINS | 49 |
EVOLUTION | 61 |
POPULATION BIOLOGY SIZE LONGEVITY AND LIFE HISTORY | 75 |
MICROECOLOGY TERRITORIALLY SEXUALITY AND COEXISTENCE | 85 |
MACROECOLOGY THE BIG PICTURE | 105 |
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY ABUNDANCE CHALLENGED | 115 |
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN? | 129 |
SOURCES AND FURTHER READINGS | 140 |
INDEX | 151 |
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