BIOL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Insular Biogeography, Species Richness, Greater Prairie Chicken
22 Dec 2016
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Current mass extinction fundamentally different from all the previous mass extinctions: in this case, it is brought by the act of a single species (us) instead of another independent incident. Canada has a long history as a world leader in conservation biology. 3rd wildlife park on earth banff national park. Migratory birds convention act 1917 coincides with information, extinction of passenger pigeon. If they declare something extinct, it is because it is no longer found on earth have done this to 7 species. Formerly known to occurred in canada, but now no longer lives in canada. Group of organism"s worthy of careful consideration. Greater prairie chicken would have lived in winter hunted. At imminent risk of extinction of extirpated from its canadian range. Swift fox different species than fox, still lives in essex county, tall, mixed grass prairies. As we turn these areas into crop fields, they lose habitat.
