EEB465H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Distinct Population Segment, Homo Erectus, Habitat Destruction
20 Apr 2016
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Eeb465: advanced topics in biodiversity science and conservation biology. World has changed from what has been described as the holocene. Conservation is on not if we are in the anthropocene (6th mass extinction) but when it began. 1800s gave objects life" and allowed the use of fossil fuels. 1: day on the atomic bomb on hiroshima, new form of energy. These are equally at danger. diversity loss by 2050 and we don"t know how to fix it. Distinct population segment and extinction laws integrated in the usa during the 1970s. Oxygen 40% comes from the ocean by algae acidification has bad effects on mollusks and shelled species. We don"t know the diversity of algae but we need to make sure we are conserving the ones producing oxygen. Rank species by their ecosystem value- their service for the earth and for humans and sentient organisms. Probably 10 million, we have recorded 2 million.
