Slide 1What is Biodiversity? Biodiversity refers to the number of different species in a given area. First we have to catalog all the species. Thus far the species known…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Section 1 Slide 3 Biodiversity – short for biological diversity Refers to the number of different species in an area A lot of biodiversity means a lot of…

1.INDEX What is it?Why is it so important?  extinction species in ValenciaSpeciesHot-Spots BiodiversityInvasive speciesBiodiversity in L’HortaPaiportapresentation…

Slide 1 Biostratigraphy The art and science of telling time from rocks. Traditional core of paleontology, and of geology. The geologic time scale is all based on fossils,…

Slide 1 Lyme Disease Borrelia burgdorferi Slide 2 Species Area Curves S = CA Z (log S) = Z (log A) + (log C) From: Gotelli, N. J. 1995. A primer of ecology. Sunderland, MA:…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Pollution & Evolution How human pollution impacts the survival of species on earth. Slide 3 Benefits of Active Transportation Exercise, clean air, no…

Slide 1 Heredity Slide 2 Trait- characteristic of a living organism. Trait- characteristic of a living organism. example: 1) tall 2) brown hair 2) brown hair 3) love menudo…