Callithrix manicorensis, or Manicore Marmoset

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Global Biodiversitythe diversity of life on Earth
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Biodiversity

• Genetic Diversity
• Species Diversity
• Ecological Diversity

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Genetic Diversity
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ULTIMATE SOURCE OF DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELS
genetic diversity within a species is the
material upon which the agents of evolution act
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Genetic Diversity chuckwallas
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Species Diversity

• Species Richness The number of species of
  organisms present in an area

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Species Diversity
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New Family! Neobatrachidae
New Species! Balaenoptera omurai
New Species! Callicebus bernardi
New Family! Megachasmidae
New Species! Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza
carrizalensis)
New tree species! Golden Vietnamese cypress
(Xanthocyparis vietnamensis)
New PHYLUM!!! CYCLIOPHORA
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Global hot spots of biodiversity
Disproportionately high level of species
diversity in very small geographic areas
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Slender Salamanders
California
Garden
Black-bellied
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Slender Salamanders
California
Garden
Black-bellied
Babilan Mts.
Santa Lucia Mts.
San Gabriel Mts.
Hell Hallow
Gregarious
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Ecological Diversity
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Global Biodiversity

• Genetic Diversity
• Species Diversity
• Ecological Diversity

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