01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Chlorofluorocarbon, Ozone Layer, Fossil Fuel

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:115
• Professor: Daniel Stern Cardinale

Document Summary

1. 8 million species described and named (mostly insects) May be larger than kt event- 65 mya (killed the dinos) The problem right now is rate of extinction. Integrates ecology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology to preserve bio diversity. Endangered species: in danger of local or global extinction. Threatened species: considered likely to become endangered in near future. Local extinction: species lost in a specific area (ex. Global extinction: species lost from all ecosystems in which it lived. Local extinction in one ecosystem can impact other species in that ecosystem. Biophilia- sense of connection to nature and living things. Stewardship- leave it in better shape than you found it. 25% of prescriptions contain substances derived from plants. May be useful things in genes and organisms. Processes through which natural ecosystems help sustain human life. Accidental and intentional movement of species from native location to new geographic regions by humans. In native habitat-> limited by predators, parasites and pathogens.