Preserving Biodiversity

Preserving Biodiversity

This text discusses changes in biodiversity through time, recent and current extinction rates, estimates of present-day extinction rates and conservation of biodiversity.

Topics

  • biodiversity
  • biodiversity hotspot
  • bush meat
  • chemical diversity
  • chytridiomycosis
  • ecosystem diversity
  • endemic species
  • exotic species
  • extinction
  • extinction rate
  • genetic diversity
  • habitat heterogeneity
  • secondary plant compound
  • species-area relationship
  • tragedy of the commons
  • white-nose syndrome
  • keystone species
  • biodiversity loss
  • buffer zones
  • captive breeding
  • dam removal
  • degraded ecosystem
  • dodo
  • E/MSY
  • endangered species act
  • human behavior
  • migratory bird act
  • million species-years
  • preserves
  • R. H. MacArthur
  • red list
  • species–area relationship
  • zoos
  • E. O. Wilson
  • habitat restoration
  • conservation
  • equilibrium
  • global warming