An unequivocal, precise, and generally accepted definition of biodiversity does not exist. However the need for such a definition that is both scientifically sensible and universally applicable is imperative to help guide the design of policy and programs for the future, as well as to make ...
Definition of endemics; Conservation of coral reefs; Patterns of endemicit... Briggs,John,C.,... - 《Science》 被引量: 34发表: 2002年 Rapidly mapping fire effects on biodiversity at a large-scale using citizen science - ScienceDirect the challenges that scientists and conservation biologists ...
These reduced and simple definitions, which embrace many different parameters, have been much elaborated and debated in the last three decades (seeSection on Definition of Biodiversity); on this definition hangs the outcome of important scientific considerations, international agreements, conventions, conse...
Constituent entities be biotic: We are proposing a definition ofbiodiversity. This conditions dates back to Sarkar and Margules (2002). It allows biodiversity constituents to be habitat types, taxa, communities, genes, traits, and so on; but it excludes, for instance, physical environmental feature...
andhuntingcontinued toencroachinto more-remote natural areas. A 2019 report by theIntergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servicesnoted that up to one millionplantandanimalspecies are facingextinctiondue to human activity. (The loss of biodiversity as a result of human ac...
Science Environment measuring biodiversity Ways to measure biodiversity. Although examining counts of species is perhaps the most common method used to compare the biodiversity of various places, other methods may be used, such as looking at the genetic diversity within species, investigating ecosystem...
Stability can be defined in several ways, but the most intuitive definition of a stable system is one having low variability (i.e., little deviation from its average state) despite shifting environmental conditions. This is often termed the resistance of a system. Resilience is a somewhat ...
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