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Iguana Specialist Group (formerly the West Indian Iguana Specialist Group)
Equally important to the identification of species for determining the taxonomic composition and diversity of the Iguanidae is the development of a well-corroborated phylogenetic hypothesis ... to the establishment of conservation priorities on the basis of overall measures of taxonomic diversity and evolutionary importance (Vane-Wright et al. 1991; Avise 1992; Brooks et al. 1992 ...
www.iucn-isg.org

Biodiversity Article - What is Biodiversity, No of species, losses, why conserve.
This can either be determined by counting the number of different species present, or by determining taxonomic diversity. Taxonomic diversity ... . geology, soil and climate) interlink together as an ecological system, or 'ecosystem'. Ecosystem diversity is more difficult to measure because there are rarely clear boundaries between ...
www.offwell.free-online.co.uk

Kind Planet Environmental Info - Biodiversity - Part of Our Environmental Forum
Biodiversity is commonly studied at three levels: genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity. Genetic Diversity Genetic diversity refers to the different genetic makeup up of individual plants, animals, ... of either "species abundance" - the relative population sizes among various species - or "taxonomic diversity" -- the genetic linkages between different groups of species. (To learn more about ...
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C1 - should know taxonomic diversity, currently unknown, knowable with genetic tools C2 - should know taxonomic diversity, currently unknown, knowable with genetic tools C5 ... likely; taxonomic diversity important to know; genetic technology has promise D2 - known at genus level or coarser; poorly known at species level, re-classification likely; taxonomic diversity ...
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Biodiversity Conservation in Britain: Science Replacing Tradition
Common habitats should not be created from rare ones to increase diversity. A further problem with habitat diversity is that it may be created at the expense of large, homogeneous ... or selected taxa are chosen. In addition, we can use indicator groups, for which adequate taxonomic, distributional, and ecological data are available. The occurrence of such groups or species must be ...
www.eco-action.org

Avian Collision and Electrocution: An Annotated Bibliography
Dick Anderson continued the literature search. We could not have gathered such a diversity of books, reports, and articles without the dedicated and professional assistance of Diana ... OF INDICES ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY AUTHOR SUBJECT INDEX TAXONOMIC INDEX GEOGRAPHIC INDEX AUTHOR INDEX Note about Internet edition. The subject other , taxonomic other , geographic other and author other are not ...
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Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield (BDG) Program Background
Guiana Shield (BDG) Program Background About the Program The Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield (BDG, formerly Biological Diversity of the Guianas) is a field-oriented program of the Department Botany ... map of Guyana; checklists of the reptiles and amphibians, the birds, and the mammals; and taxonomic treatments of the grasses, euphorbs, legumes and mosses. In the future the BDG hopes to ...
www.mnh.si.edu

Earlham -- Biological Diversity --
Home. http://www.environment.act.gov.au/general/index.html. 2003 April 1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2003 March 30. ITIS report for Ornithorhynchus anatinus. http://www.itis. ... project on the conservation of global biodiversity. Earlham · Biology Department · Biology 226: Biological Diversity Copyright ©-2001 Earlham College. Revised 16 November 2001. Send corrections or comments to ...
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Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Australia: Contents
You are here: Environment home > Biodiversity > Publications Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia Biodiversity Series, ... Survey to identify Foci of Biological Diversity and Refugia 4. Foci of Biological Diversity in Western Australia 4.1. Central ... .3. Results 18.4. Conclusions 19. Literature Cited 20. Taxonomic Index 20.1. Plants 20.2. Invertebrates 20.3. Vertebrates ...
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PlantTalk.org - 1 (of 10) The diversity of the plant kingdom
There are an estimated 250,000 species, with the greatest diversity in the moist tropics. Most Plant Facts will be on flowering ... , the difference between these estimates is mostly one of different taxonomic concepts. 3. It is likely that 10 to 15% of ... ) are mostly marine and comprise over 1500 species, with the greatest diversity in the N. Atlantic and the N. Pacific. They include the ...
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