The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life
This text discusses human health, agricultural diversity, wild food sources, and the psychological & moral value of 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
- agricultural diversity
- E. O. Wilson
- importance of biodiversity
- secondary plant compounds
- wild food sources
- conservation
- biodiversity