Species diversity

companionship, or genetic diversity. Each of these things matters to people and from cloning them, scientists have no support over this debate. People feel that this particular research is damaging the important role the animals have. Animals are more than test subjects and should be held to a higher level than testing the way cloning affects their genes. This also impacts the genetic diversity in the animals because of the animals having the same genes. Genetic diversity is one of the most…

Domestication of plants leads to further disturbance of other non-human species. Because plant domestication increases detrimental herbivore activities, humans started to utilize more chemicals. To control the pest population and increase crop yield, humans use chemically charged pesticides and fertilizers. The use of pesticides creates a vicious cycle between the domesticated plants and the herbivores. When farmers use pesticides, farmers are encouraging the pests to be more resilient to the…

mammal species were identified from all study sites (full list in Appendix 1). Swamp Wallaby, Bush rat, and Long-nosed Potoroo triggered most of the images containing terrestrial mammals. Swamp Wallaby, Short-beaked Echidna, Bush Rat and Eastern Grey Kangaroo were widespread over the study area. With the exception of Dusky Antechinus and Long-nosed Bandicoot, detection probabilities were high (0.80 – 0.99) (see Appendix 1 for details). The FD index calculations required at least three species…

put it simply, it is the study of species and all of their respected families. It covers the whole spectrum of animal life all the way down to the plant life and its variety of those species. Without biodiversity, we would all look the same and there would be nothing different. For example, all the different kinds of flowers you like, only one of them would exist because there is no diversity. It all comes into biodiversity is a big chain reaction. Without one species of life, nothing above it…

One of the most intimidating tasks challenging an aspiring entomologist is the identification of species within a family as diverse as ground beetles (Choate, 2001). Ground beetles are one of the most diverse insect families in the word. They occur in apparently all terrestrial habitats and represent a major part of the invertebrate predator guild of the soil fauna, e.g. in forests, maquis and agrocoenoses (Arndt et al., 2011). Ground beetles are often chosen for study because they are abundant…

microbe symbiosis and the environment can affect each other. Very few studies have targeted this factor in the past, and I believe it is important to identify with this factor of symbiosis in order to fully understand how the environment and the species within that habitat directly and indirectly affect one…

depending on the characteristics of the species, this is called taxonomy. Invented by the Swedish scientist, Carolus Linnaes, the taxonomy system simplifies organism classification by ordering the species into seven major categories: Kingdom, Phylum , Class , Order , Family , Genus , and Species (Meier, Shiyang, Vaidya, & Ng, 2006). However, what if the species is unknown and we cannot classify such species into a certain category? A practice to identify the species is by DNA barcoding. DNA…

protection. Diadema species are common throughout their range and may be found on reef, sand, and rubble, and sometimes in large aggregations. There are several distinct genotypes of Diadema and this paper will talk mainly about the Diadema antillarum. The long spine black sea urchin Diadema antillarum is the most important algal community controller, since there are very few that can do this. Thesis: Diadema antillarum play a significant role in the growth and survival of many species…

Dominant species identified were Cannabis sativa, Oxalis corniculata, Cynodon dactylon and Digitaria setigera. Cannabis sativa, the most frequently occurring specie of study area, is a wild herb and grows in moist and waste places near houses and along roadsides. It is common weed found throughout of Pakistan (Abbasi et al., 2011). As far as second most dominant species Oxalis corniculata is concerned, it is found in temperate areas having moisture and sunlight like waste places, cultivated…

1.Species is defined as a group of similar organism that can interbreed. This is a biggest gene pool that can exchange genes. When species exchange genes and breed with each other they produce fertile offspring. 2.population is defined as a group of organisms of the same species occupying a particular area that live together. The ultimate constituents of population are individual organisms that can potentially interbreed. 3. Genetic variation is very important in evolution process. Mutation,…