Visualizing Environmental Science

366 CHAPTER 14 Agriculture and Food Resources Lawrence Migdale/Photo Researchers, Inc. 1965 California red scale density 1400 13 ...

Chytridiomycosis, a rapidly spreading disease caused by a chytrid fungus, had been recorded in 43 countries and in 36 U.S. state ...

373 All habitat loss Invasive species Utilization Accidental mortality Persecution Pollution Natural disasters Disease Human dis ...

Controlling Agricultural Pests 367 !LTERNATIVEMETHODSOFCONTROLLINGAGRICULTURALPESTS sTable 14.1 Pest control method How it works ...

374 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation Species Richness and Biological Diversity LEARNING OBJECTIVES species are not readi ...

368 CHAPTER 14 Agriculture and Food Resources Million hectares 0 3 6 9 12 15 Australia (2009) Argentina United States (2008) Bra ...

Species Richness and Biological Diversity 375 John Prior Images/Alamy © blickwinkel/Alamy Annie Griffiths Belt/NG Image Collecti ...

Summary 369 3 Challenges of Agriculture 355 Prime farmland in the United States is being lost to urbanization and urban sprawl. ...

376 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation © Yan Gluzberg/Alamy You might think that the loss of some species from an ecosyste ...

370 CHAPTER 14 Agriculture and Food Resources Pesticides can effectively control disease-carrying organisms and crop pests. Pes ...

Species Richness and Biological Diversity 377 Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto poisons, cork, and fibers. Animals provide wool, silk, fur ...

Soybeans 75% of 100 million hectares Corn 32% of 159 million hectares Cotton 82% of 30 million hectares Based on data from Inter ...

378 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation biologists estimate that species are now becoming extinct at a rate of 100 to 1000 ...

Chytridiomycosis, a rapidly spreading disease caused by a chytrid fungus, had been recorded in 43 countries and in 36 U.S. state ...

Endangered and Extinct Species 379 degraded each year. The forests are making way for human settlements, banana plantations, oil ...

373 All habitat loss Invasive species Utilization Accidental mortality Persecution Pollution Natural disasters Disease Human dis ...

380 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation © John Mitchell/Alamy © David Evan s/National Geographic Society/Corbi s George Gra ...

374 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation Species Richness and Biological Diversity LEARNING OBJECTIVES species are not readi ...

Endangered and Extinct Species 381 0 0 1000 2000 3000 kilometers 1000 2000 3000 miles 60 °S 30 °S 0 ° 30 °N 60 °N 60 °S 30 °S 0 ...

Species Richness and Biological Diversity 375 John Prior Images/Alamy © blickwinkel/Alamy Annie Griffiths Belt/NG Image Collecti ...