Essentials of Ecology

236 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach ■✓ reserved 95% of the earth’s land for human use, an ...

CONCEPT 10-4 237 reserves. This means protecting an inner core of a re- serve by usually establishing two buffer zones in which ...

238 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach Nicaragua Panama Caribbean Sea Pacific Ocean National ...

CONCEPTS 10-5A, 10-5B, AND 10-5C 239 eas in the lower 48 states are threatened habitat islands in a sea of development. Scattere ...

240 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach species to identify biodiversity hotspot areas becaus ...

CONCEPTS 10-5A, 10-5B, AND 10-5C 241 Top Six Hotspots 1 Hawaii 2 San Francisco Bay area 3 Southern Appalachians 4 Death Valley 5 ...

242 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach nature-versus-people, this approach focuses on findin ...

CONCEPTS 10-5A, 10-5B, AND 10-5C 243 Stop the abuse by eliminating or sharply reducing these factors. This would include remov ...

244 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach HOW WOULD YOU VOTE? ■✓ Should we mount a massive effo ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 245 Through It, tell of how residents of the valley cherish their lifestyles. In the 1970s, ...

246 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach REVIEW Review the Key Questions and Concepts for thi ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 247 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS Study the data below on deforestation in five countries, a ...

248 CHAPTER 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach LEARNING ONLINE Log on to the Student Companion Site ...

A Biological Roller Coaster Ride CORE CASE STUDY^ in Lake Victoria Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity 11 Lake Victoria, a large, sh ...

We Have Much to Learn about Aquatic Biodiversity Although we live on a watery planet, we have explored only about 5% of the eart ...

CONCEPT 11-1 251 immense ecological and economic benefits. Fresh water systems, which occupy only 1% of the earth’s surface, als ...

252 CHAPTER 11 Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity Invasive Species Are Degrading Aquatic Biodiversity Another problem is the delibe ...

CONCEPT 11-1 253 of marine and freshwater systems, which can lead to algal blooms (Figure 8-16, right, p. 175), fish die-offs, a ...

254 CHAPTER 11 Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity Climate Change Is a Growing Threat Climate change—the C in HIPPCO—threatens aquat ...

CONCEPT 11-1 255 this cod population has not recovered, despite the fish- ing ban. Such a collapse can create a domino effect, l ...