Encyclopedia Of Biodiversity

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2012

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Examines why species of organisms occupy different parts of the world, and why it is important to comprehend how they evolved.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
The National Science Education Standards.
1: Acid Rain and Fog.
2: Adaptation.
3: Adaptive Radiation.
4: Agriculture.
5: Amphibians.
6: Animals.
7: Archaea.
8: Arthropods.
9: Bacteria.
10: Bates, Henry Walter (1825–1892) British Naturalist.
11: Biodiversity, Concept of.
12: Biodiversity, Patterns of.
13: Biodiversity, Quantification of.
14: Biodiversity, Resources for Agriculture.
15: Biodiversity, Resources for Medicine.
16: Biogeochemical Cycles.
17: Biogeography.
18: Biological Classification.
19: Biomagnification.
20: Biomimicry.
21: Bioremediation.
22: Birds.
23: Bogs, Life in.
24: Boreal and Subalpine Forests.
25: Cambrian Explosion.
26: Cambrian Period, Biodiversity in.
27: Camouflage and Mimicry.
28: Carbon Cycle.
29: Carboniferous Period, Biodiversity in.
30: Carnivorous Plants.
31: Carson, Rachel Louise (1907–1964) American Biologist.
32: Cladistics.
33: Cloud Forests.
34: Coevolution.
35: Commensalism.
36: Communities, Ecological.
37: Competition, Ecological.
38: Conifers.
39: Conservation Biology.
40: Continental Shelves, Biodiversity on.
41: Convergence.
42: Coral Reefs.
43: Cretaceous Extinction.
44: Cretaceous Period, Biodiversity in.
45: Crustaceans.
46: Cultural Diversity.
47: Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) British Evolutionary Scientist.
48: Darwin’s Finches.
49: Decomposers.
50: Deep Oceans, Biodiversity in.
51: Deserts, Cool.
52: Deserts, Polar.
53: Deserts, Warm.
54: Devonian Period, Biodiversity in.
55: Dicots.
56: Dinosaurs.
57: Disjunct Species.
58: Disturbances, Ecological.
59: DNA Studies of Biodiversity.
60: Ecology.
61: Ecosystems.
62: Ecosystem Services.
63: Ediacaran Organisms.
64: Endangered Species.
65: Endemic Species.
66: Environmental Ethics.
67: Environmental Psychology.
68: Eukaryotes.
69: Extinction.
70: Federal Government Role in Conservation (United States).
71: Fishes.
72: Flowering Plants (Angiospe
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