Species Diversity

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Species Diversity

• BIOL 100
• 1 September 2009

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Species

• Species groups of actually or potentially
  interbreeding populations, which are
  reproductively isolated from other such groups
  text, p. 351

Fig. 17.3 p. 351
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Mosses16,000 species
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Ferns13,000 species
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Conifers529 species
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Flowering plants275,000 species
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Sponges5000 species
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Insects751,000 species
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Mollusks100,000 species
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Fishes31,000 species
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Amphibians3000 species
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Reptiles6900 species
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Turtles317 species
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Mammals4400 species
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Birds8700 species
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Fig 17.2 p. 350