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Focus: Impacts of Humans and Their Economy on the...
Last Updated on 2009-02-27 at 21:47
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Dear Colleague Letter to the scientific community ". . . encouraging increased research . . . on the links among environment,... More »
Biodiversity hotspots (collection)
Last Updated on 2008-09-14 at 11:25
The British biologist Norman Myers coined the term "biodiversity hotspot" in 1988 as a biogeographic region characterized both by exceptional levels of plant endemism and by... More »
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Last Updated on 2008-09-14 at 11:25
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Marine biodiversity
Last Updated on 2008-09-14 at 11:25
Biodiversity is now commonly defined as the variety of life in genes, species and habitats. According to the definition of the Convention on Biological Diversity, biodiversity is... More »
Biodiversity in Africa
Last Updated on 2008-09-14 at 11:25
Biodiversity offers multiple opportunities for development and improving human well-being. It is the basis for essential environmental services upon which life on Earth depends.... More »
Species richness
Last Updated on 2008-09-14 at 11:25
Species richness is simply the number of species present in a sample, community, or taxonomic group. Species richness is one component of the concept of species diversity, which... More »
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