Introduction to Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
This text provides a brief introduction to the biodiversity crisis; the importance of biodiversity to human life; threats to biodiversity; and preserving biodiversity. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- adaptive radiation biodiversity
- biodiversity hotspot
- bush meat
- chemical diversity chytridiomycosis
- DNA barcoding
- ecosystem diversity
- endemic species
- exotic species
- extinction
- extinction rate
- genetic diversity
- heterogeneity
- megafauna
- secondary plant
- compound
- species-area
- relationship
- tragedy of the commons
- white-nose syndrome
- mass extinction
- adaptive radiation
- agricultural diversity
- biodiversity crisis
- biodiversity preservation
- bioethics
- biogeographer
- chemical diversity
- chytridiomycosis
- CITES
- E. O. Wilson
- Endangered Species Act
- habitat loss
- habitat restoration
- importance of biodiversity
- Kyoto protocol
- measuring biodiversity
- Migratory Bird Act
- nature preserve
- organism diversity
- over-harvesting
- patterns of biodiversity
- Pleistocene extinction
- preservation
- preserve
- preserve design
- secondary plant compounds
- species diversity
- species-area relationship
- threats to biodiversity
- wild food sources
- wildlife preserve
- WNS
- wood products
- zoo
- conservation
- biodiversity