CLAB20H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Schizophyllum, Fair Use, Hypoxidaceae
9 Feb 2015
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Careers in ecology: professor, teacher, educator in museums, zoos, botanical gardens, environmental consultant, government agencies (fisheries, agriculture, parks, etc. , resource industries (mining, forestry, non-governmental organizations (nature conservancy. Canada: infectious disease dynamics, regional conservation authorities, science & environmental journalism, mathematical and computer programming, international agencies (un, wwf, fao, unesco, etc. ) Biodiversity describes the diversity of important ecological entities that span multiple spatial scales, from genes to species to communities. Implicit is the interconnectedness of all components of diversity. However, most studies only considered species richness and abundance; but this changing. Truly measuring biodiversity means we should account for: Because diversity can change in many different ways. Introduced species s e i c e p s f o r e b m u. Trait: a well defined, measurable property of organisms, usually measured at the individual level. Functional trait: a trait that strongly influences organismal performance, or other biotic or abiotic processes.
