AS Biology:F212 biodiversity
OCR BIOLOGY: F212 BIODIVERSITY
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- Created on: 25-03-13 16:02
AS BIOLOGY, F212: BIODIVERSITY:
GLOBAL DIVERSITY: DUE TO ACTION OF MAN-BIODIVERSITY IS DECREASING:
*Habitat destruction
*Over exploitation in "wild" habitats.
Pollution affects other "wild habitats"
*Etc
CONSEQUENCES: GENERALLY CONSIDERED NOT TO BE IDEAL AND THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING A GREATER EFFORT TO CONSERVE NATURAL HABITATS AND SO MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY.
BIODIVERSITY:
REASON TO MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY:
*ECONOMIC
*ECOLOGICAL
*ETHICAL
*ASTHETIC
REASON TO MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY:
ECONOMIC: SPECIES THAT MAY SOON INCOME EXTINCT MAY BE A FUTURE VALUE TO US.
ECOLOGICAL: IF SYSTEM ARE UNSTABLE AND THEY CHANGE RAPIDLY-POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.
ETHICAL: SHOULD WE BE ACTING A WAY THAT CAUSES OTHER SPECIES EXTINCTION?
AESTHETIC: MANY PEOPLE HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL BOOST FROM EXPERIENCING NATURAL ECOSYSTEM AND IT IS PROVIDED A STIMULUS FOR ARTISTS.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX:
Simpson Diversity Index:IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEASURES OF DIVERSITY.
D=1- ∑(N/n)2)
::::> which produce a number/value between 0 and 1.
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