BIO 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976
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Game management textbook, he was a philosopher and writer sand: wildlife management infrastructure and funding. Establishment of modern framework: nepa, epa, clean air act, federal pesticides control act, safe drinking water act, Toxic substances control act, clean water act, superfund (cercla) 4 sites, each containing 5 species (alpha diversity) How many species across the whole area (all for sites together) answer depends on how much overlap exists among the 4 sites (whether turnover is high or low) 5 abcde 5 abcde low: beta diversity is turnover in the species, composition as you go from one site to the next- opposite of overlap. Beta- how does species composition vary across multiple areas (turnover) Gamma diversity is a function of alpha and beta diversity. Intermediate when either alpha or beta are low etc. Documented: biological species concept (bsc): species are groups of actually or potentially interbreeding populations, which are reproductively isolated from such other groups .
