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Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
In the 1980s, biologists working in Lake Victoria in Africa discovered one of the most extraordinary products of evolution on the planet.
1. Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
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rapid branching through speciation of a phylogenetic tree into many closely related species
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variety of a biological system, typically conceived as the number of species, but also applying to genes, biochemistry, and ecosystems
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concept originated by Norman Myers to describe a geographical region with a large number of endemic species and a large percentage of degraded habitat
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wild-caught animal used as food (typically mammals, birds, and reptiles); usually referring to hunting in the tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas
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