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382 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation (Figure 15.6c). Smaller patches tend to support fewer species than larger areas, be ...

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

Human population increase Land-use change (habitat loss)) Climate change Pollution Overexploitation (for example, overfishing) I ...

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

384 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation Asian tiger mosquito European gypsy moth Asian bighead carp Sea lamprey Zebra musse ...

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

Endangered and Extinct Species 385 Peter Yates/Science Source between 1900 and 1960 they disappeared from most of their original ...

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

386 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation © Mariana Bazo/Reuter s/Corbi s Animals are not the only organisms threatened by ex ...

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

Conservation Biology 387 Restoring Damaged or Destroyed Habitats When preserving habitats is not possible, scientists can reclai ...

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388 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum Virginia Kline/Univer sity of Wi scon sin ...

382 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation (Figure 15.6c). Smaller patches tend to support fewer species than larger areas, be ...

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Human population increase Land-use change (habitat loss)) Climate change Pollution Overexploitation (for example, overfishing) I ...

390 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation plants stored in this manner remain stagnant in an evolu- tionary sense. Thus, they ...

384 CHAPTER 15 Biodiversity and Conservation Asian tiger mosquito European gypsy moth Asian bighead carp Sea lamprey Zebra musse ...

© Thoma s Kitchin & Victoria Hur st/All Canada Photo s/Corbi s Conservation Policies and Laws 391 on property rights. Anothe ...

Endangered and Extinct Species 385 Peter Yates/Science Source between 1900 and 1960 they disappeared from most of their original ...