The Ecology Book

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P eople have long marveled at the variety of life, celebrating nature’s gifts in prehistoric cave art that dates back 30,000 yea ...

but it is the 10th edition from 1758 that founded the modern zoological naming system. Two volumes of Linnaeus’ work are devoted ...

82 F rom the beginning of recorded history, people have attempted to identify organisms according to their uses. Egyptian wall p ...

83 An octopus blends in with its surroundings. The ability of these creatures to change color was one of Aristotle’s many accura ...

84 L eafing through the pages of Micrographia, a 17th-century reader would have been astonished. Here, in English scientist Robe ...

85 See also: Classification of living things 82–83 ■ A system for identifying all nature’s organisms 86–87 ■ Microbiology 102–10 ...

86 IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF THINGS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEM IS LOST A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ALL NATURE’S ORGANISMS B efore ...

87 See also: Classification of living things 82–83 ■ Biological species concept 88–89 ■ A modern view of diversity 90–91 ORDERIN ...

88 B y the early 20th century, it was accepted that multiple species could evolve from a common ancestor. However, it was not cl ...

89 See also: Evolution by natural selection 24–31 ■ The role of DNA 34–37 ■ The selfish gene 38–39 ■ Competitive exclusion princ ...

90 ORGANISMS CLEARLY CLUSTER INTO SEVERAL PRIMARY KINGDOMS A MODERN VIEW OF DIVERSITY B efore biologists had the equipment and t ...

91 See also: Early theories of evolution 20–21 ■ Evolution by natural selection 24–31 ■ The role of DNA 34–35 ■ A system for ide ...

92 SAVE THE BIOSPHERE AND YOU MAY SAVE THE WORLD HUMAN ACTIVITY AND BIODIVERSITY B iodiversity is the variety of life on Earth—i ...

93 See also: Biodiversity hotspots 96–97 ■ Animal ecology 106–113 ■ Island biogeography 144–149 ■ Biodiversity and ecosystem f u ...

94 HUMAN ACTIVITY AND BIODIVERSITY Poaching, forest clearance, and other human activities have largely contributed to the status ...

95 When the rate of harvest exceeds the rate of replenishment through either reproduction or human activities such as tree plant ...

96 WE ARE IN THE OPENING PHASE OF A MASS EXTINCTION BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS A biodiversity hotspot is an area with an unusually hi ...

97 See also: Human activity and biodiversity 92–95 ■ The ecosystem 134–137 ■ Deforestation 254–259 ■ Sustainable Biosphere Initi ...

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