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• Chapter 43 Global Ecology and Conservation Biology Biodiversity crisis • • • • • • Extinction - natural phenomenon, however, rate is of concern….. 50% loss of species when 90% of habitat is lost Major Threats: Habitat destruction - single greatest threat; cause of 73% of species designation as extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare; 93% of coral reefs Competition by exotic (nonnative) species - cause of 68% of species designation as extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare; travel Overexploitation - commercial harvest or sport fishing; illegal trade Biodiversity: Human welfare • 25% of all medical prescriptions • Genetic variability • Aesthetic and ethical reasons • Species survival Conservation biology focus • Preservationism: setting side select areas as natural and underdeveloped • Resource conservation: public lands to meet the needs of agriculture and extractive industries, i.e., ”multiple use” • Evolutionary / ecological view: natural systems result from millions of years of evolution and ecosystem processes are necessary to maintain the biosphere Geographic distribution of biodiversity • Energy availability - solar radiation • Habitat heterogeneity environmental patchiness • Niche specialization - narrow resource range specialization • Population interactions complex population interactions Population & species level conservation • Biodiversity hot spot: small area with an exceptional concentration of species • Endemic species: species found nowhere else • Endangered species: organism “in danger of extinction” • Threatened species: likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future • Bioremediation: use of living organisms to detoxify polluted systems