EE BIOL 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Henry Walter Bates, Yasuni National Park, Malesia

• School: UCLA
• Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Course: EE BIOL 116
• Professor: Rundel, P.W.Wayne, R.

Document Summary

Research: ecology, biodiversity, and conservation of mediterranean-climate ecosystems: tropical rainforests: a model system for understanding biodiversity. Tropical rainforest environment: a lot of rain and warmth all year round. Yasuni national park, ecuador: plethora of species, also rich in oil reserves species the oil reserve. Contain about 250 billion tons of carbon, making them critical in global carbon cycles. Deforestation of these tropical forests makes a huge difference in carbon emission. Need to convince to keep as forests and for the biodiversity rather than take it down for. Up to 300 tree species/ha; only 600 trees fit into one hectare; half of them are different. Area in southeast asia [indonesia/burma] malesian rainforests. 1/5 of all river flow into the world comes from the amazon. You can drink this fresh water; there are very high rates of increase in river every year;