Emily Tempchin Ben Lostocco

1. Biological Diversity
Professor X
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http://e-learning.informea.org/course/index.php?categoryid=8

2. What is Biodiversity?
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The variation of life forms
within a given ecosystem,
biome, or for the entire Earth.
Earth today consists of millions of
distinct biological species: the product of
nearly 3.5 billion years of evolution.

3. What does it mean, really?
 Variation
 Different species,
animals & ecosystems
 In sum….Diversity!
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4. The 3 Groups of Diversity
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Diversity among
species in an
ecosystem
Diversity of a habitat
in a given unit area
Genetic Species Ecosystem
Diversity of genes
within a species

5. What does it mean for Humans?
09/02/16 5http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/environment/the-importance-of-natural-resources-of-planet-earth/9914/

6. What does it mean for Humans?
09/02/16 5http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/environment/the-importance-of-natural-resources-of-planet-earth/9914/