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Lecture 05, 09 Sept 2008Biodiversity
Conservation BiologyECOL 406R/506R
University of ArizonaFall 2008
Kevin BonineMary Jane Epps
Primack Ch2Myers et al. 2000
Lab Fri 1230 Sep 12th west side BSEHat, water, sunscreen, close-toed shoesReadings on Course Website (xx 04 Dec)
506 meet at 1505h today
Upcoming ReadingsThurs 11 Sept: Primack Ch3; Costanza EA 1997; Driessen 2004Tues 16 Sept: see website
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1a. Should conservation planners justify the value of biodiversity using instrumental or intrinsic terms? Why?
1b. How should we respond to the question of “What good is it?” (“it” being some ‘small, unimpressive plant’)
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First of Ten Possible Questions:
Q1 due Thursday 11 September by midnight
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Biodiversity (Biological Diversity)
“structural and functional variety of life forms at genetic, population, community, and ecosystem levels”
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1113513051046Grand Total
744146598Plant Subtotal
202Lichens
26224Ferns and Allies
312Conifers and Cycads
713143570Flowering Plants
607159448Animal Subtotal
220Corals
22319Crustaceans
12012Arachnids
571047Insects
751164Snails
70862Clams
1396574Fishes
231013Amphibians
372413Reptiles
891475Birds
811269Mammals
Total ListingsThreatenedEndangered
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Hawaiian Endangered SpeciesUnfortunately, Hawai‘i has the highest number of listed threatened and endangered species in the nation. There are 394 threatened and endangered species in the State of Hawai‘i, of which 294 are plants, 57 invertebrates, and 43 vertebrates.
http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/wesa/endspindex.html#Hawaiian
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What is biodiversity?
Primack 2006, Fig 3.6
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Scientific AmericanNovember 2001
~12-14 milliontotal species(50-90% intropical forests)
~1.7 identified
most
least
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Biodiversity
1. Genetic(nat. sel.)
2. Species
3. Ecologicalforests, deserts, lakes, wetlands, reefs etc.
4. Functionalenergy flownutrient cyclingetc.
Fig 2-13 Miller 2003
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21Groom et al. 2006
Biodiversity
1. Genetic
2. Population/Species
3. Community/Ecosystem
4. Landscape
CompositionStructureFunction
22Pimm and Jenkins 2005
Where is biodiversity?One tree in Peru with same ant diversity as Britain
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Lissamphibia
Urodela(salamanders)
10 families, 60 genera, 516 spp.Ambystoma californiense
Ambystoma tigrinum
Unken reflexFig. 13.5
Stebbins and Cohen, 1995
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Urodela families
Pough et al. 2004
Sirenidae Hynobiidae
Salamandridae
(only 1 of 10 not found in U.S.)
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Urodela families
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PlethodontidaeProteidae
Pough et al. 2004
Urodela families
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What factors correlated with high diversity?
• Energy• Precipitation• Temperature• Area• Habitat heterogeneity (e.g., foliage height and birds)
• ~Stable environment• Moderate (intermediate) disturbance level
(shifting mosaic, no climax)
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Distribution andAbundance
Other Miller 2003
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33Range of tolerance of abiotic factor(s)
Miller, 2003
Distribution and Abundance
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Terrestrial Biomes
(Forest, Desert, Grassland, Tundra, etc.)Biotic (~Vegetative) Communities
Climate1. Temperature2. Precipitation(3. Soil type)
- Latitude- Altitude
Miller 2003 3-5
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Species-Area Relationship
3 step loss of biodiversity (Rosenzweig)
1. Endemics2. Sink populations3. Stochasticity
Therefore end up with lower steady state species richnessand loss of biodiversity
S = cAZ
S = species richnessc = taxon-specific constantA = areaZ = extinction coefficient for taxon
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3 step loss of biodiversity (Rosenzweig)
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25 Hotspots
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Criteria for Hotspots?How decide if threatened?
Why so many Islands?
Invertebrates?Microbes?
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Conservation Costs?$500 million annually to protect 25 hotspots$40 million annually in past decade$250 million to go to Mars (biodiversity!)$1.5 trillion in anti-biodiversity subsidies
$War
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What is a species?
Is ‘species’ a useful designation?
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Species = ?
Biological Species Concept (Mayr)“a group of interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups”
2-morphological/typological species concept (plants)3-evolutionary species concept4-genetic species concept5-paleontological species concept6-cladistic species concept
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Biological Species Concept1. Testable and operational2. Definition compatible with established
legal concepts3. Focus on level of biodiversity that agrees
with tradition of conservation