GEOG 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Scorched Earth, San Diego Zoo, Flagship Species
15 Jul 2020
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Geog 1 biodiversity hotspots lots of regions at same latitude/elevation. Extreme habitat loss due to dam building and deforestation. Climate, cool wet winters and dry hot summers. Rain: a little or a lot, have a fire season. 8,000 years of human settlement, 8,000 yeas of habitat modification. 2nd longest continuous center of civilization (after china) lots of conflict, which means habitat modifications. Disc tongue frog significantly alters animal habitat. Fat and disc-shaped tongues, catches prey with its mouth fire salamander tortoises. 1/3 of all salamander species exist in the. 1 of the largest salamanders in the world. Due to good amnt of moisture in the region. Very high % of extinction in the region over the year flagship species. Not an ape, no pics of barbary. 200+ remaining in the world, hunted for their pelts. Wide variety of habitats, including more endemic vegetation than anywhere else in the world. 3 gorges dam, dramatic effects of the environment.
