Biodiversity and Conservation — NEET Biology Concepts
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- What is Biodiversity? Definition and Meaning (Edward Wilson)
- Levels of Biodiversity: Genetic, Species and Ecological Diversity
- Genetic Diversity Explained with Examples (Rauwolfia, Rice, Mango)
- Species Diversity: Meaning and Examples (Western Ghats Amphibians)
- Ecological Diversity Explained (India vs Scandinavia)
- How Many Species Are There on Earth? IUCN and Robert May's Estimate
- Robert May's Global Species Diversity Estimate (7 Million)
- Number of Species in India and India's Share of Global Biodiversity
- Why Are There More Animal Species Than Plants? Species Proportions
- Patterns of Biodiversity: Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients
- Latitudinal Gradient of Diversity: Why the Tropics Have More Species
- Hypotheses for High Tropical Diversity: Time, Constancy and Productivity
- Amazon Rainforest: The Greatest Biodiversity on Earth
- Species-Area Relationship (Alexander von Humboldt)
- Species-Area Curve, Equation and the Slope Value Z
- Importance of Species Diversity to the Ecosystem
- David Tilman's Experiments: Diversity and Ecosystem Stability
- Rivet Popper Hypothesis (Paul Ehrlich) Explained
- Loss of Biodiversity: Meaning and Mass Extinctions
- Five Mass Extinctions and the Sixth (Anthropogenic) Extinction
- Recent Extinctions: Dodo, Quagga, Thylacine, and Steller's Sea Cow
- The Evil Quartet: Four Causes of Biodiversity Loss
- Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: The Biggest Cause of Biodiversity Loss
- Over-exploitation as a Cause of Extinction
- Alien Species Invasion (Nile Perch, Lantana, Parthenium, Clarias)
- Co-extinctions Explained with Examples
- Why Should We Conserve Biodiversity? Three Arguments
- Narrowly Utilitarian Argument for Conserving Biodiversity (Food, Medicine, Bioprospecting)
- Broadly Utilitarian Argument for Conserving Biodiversity (Oxygen, Pollination, Ecosystem Services)
- Ethical Argument for Conserving Biodiversity
- How Do We Conserve Biodiversity? In-situ vs Ex-situ Conservation
- In-situ Conservation: Meaning and Methods
- Biodiversity Hotspots: Meaning and the 34 Hotspots (Norman Myers)
- Biodiversity Hotspots of India (Western Ghats, Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Sundaland)
- Endemism: What Are Endemic Species?
- Protected Areas of India: Biosphere Reserves, National Parks and Sanctuaries
- Sacred Groves: Meaning and Locations in India
- Ex-situ Conservation: Meaning and Methods
- Ex-situ Techniques: Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Seed and Gene Banks, Cryopreservation
- Difference Between In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation
- IUCN Red List: Endangered and Threatened Species Data
- Rio Earth Summit 1992 and the Convention on Biological Diversity
- World Summit 2002 (Johannesburg) and the 2010 Biodiversity Pledge
- Key Scientists to Remember in Biodiversity (May, Humboldt, Ehrlich, Tilman, Myers, Wilson)