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biomes
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broad regional areas characterized by a distinctive climate, soil type, and biological community
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ecosystem
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a level of organization within the living world that includes both the total array of biological organisms present in a defined area and the chemical-physical factors that influence the plants and animals around it.
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edge effect
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the observed increase in the number of different species along the margins of two contrasting environments in an ecosystem. The term is commonly used in conjunction with the boundary between natural habitats, especially forests, and disturbed or developed land.
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endemic
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describing a disease or characteristic commonly found in a particular region or group of people; a disease constantly present at low levels in an area
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habitat fragmentation
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a process of environmental change important in evolution and conservation biology. It can be caused by geological processes that slowly alter the layout of the physical environment or by human activity, such as land conservation, that can alter the environment on a much faster time scale
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hotspots
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an informal expression designating specific areas as being contaminated with radioactive substances, having relatively high concentration of air pollutant(s), or experiencing an abnormal disease or death rate.
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invasive species
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refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range
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speciation
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the formation of two or more genetically distinct groups of organisms after a division within a single group or species. A group of organisms capable of interbreeding is segregated into two or more populations, which gradually develop barriers to reproduction.
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species richness
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a type of approach to assessing biodiversity that examine the distribution of all resident terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
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species-years
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a way to measure extinction rate. There is approximately one extinction estimated per million species-years. This means that if there are a million species on Earth, one world go extinct every year, while if there was only one species, it would go extinct in one million years.
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