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Copyright © 1999 by The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute Printed in the United States of America Published in 1999 by: The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute New York State Museum Cultural Education Center Albany, New York 12230 (518) 486-4845 http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/bri.html Requests for additional copies of this publication may be made by contacting: Publication Sales New York State Museum Cultural Education Center Albany, New York 12230 (518) 449-1404 http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/publications.html Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-70195 ISBN: 1-55557-210-3 ISSN: 0735-4401
Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Biological Diversity: The Oldest Human Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Appendix I (Glossary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Appendix II (Suggested Reading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Appendix III (Discussion Questions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Appendix IV (Geologic Time Table) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Page 1: Biological Diversity: T H E O L D E
Page 4 and 5: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW
Page 9 and 10: Preface This book is based on a man
Page 11 and 12: Additional information on the activ
Page 13 and 14: Biological Diversity: T H E O L D E
Page 15 and 16: some degree of potency. A much high
Page 17 and 18: Some groups of organisms, such as f
Page 19 and 20: to their environment and to one ano
Page 21 and 22: N EW YORK’S BIODIVERSITY IS THREA
Page 23 and 24: 12 10 Number of Butterflies Observe
Page 25 and 26: It is possible that the next hundre
Page 27 and 28: environment. For almost 3 billion y
Page 29 and 30: W ITH ITS WISPINESS AND LIGHT-AND-D
Page 31 and 32: sophisticated microscopic and bioch
Page 33 and 34: The tropical zones generally have a
Page 35 and 36: average as well as greater ecologic
Page 37 and 38: early extinction within the next 30
Page 39 and 40: perished. As the paleontologist Dav
Page 41 and 42: collected in the stream in 1936 and
Page 43 and 44: Systematics, or taxonomy, is at the
Page 45 and 46: Community ecology addresses the man
Page 47 and 48: Biological field stations from four
Page 49 and 50: Biogeography 1 The scientific study
Page 51 and 52: Dispersal In biology, the way a spe
Page 53 and 54: Global warming An increase in the c
Page 55 and 56: Ozone A form of oxygen (O 3 ) that
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Termites A group of insects that is
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Grifo, Francesca, and J. Rosenthal
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diverse and why the threat to that
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Mitchell, Richard S., L. Danaher, a
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9. Is an ecologist the same as a ta
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31. Do you know of a biological res
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B i o l o g i c a l 57 D i v e r s
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THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM IS A PROG
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