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Classification, biodiversity and conservation

Unit B18 · 3 lessons published so far.

• Classification and phylogeny: sorting by ancestry, not by looks
  The taxonomic hierarchy from domain to species and the rules of binomial naming; the biological species concept and where it fails; phenetic against…
• Measuring biodiversity: richness, evenness and the index that catches both
  Biodiversity at the level of habitat, species and genes; species richness against species diversity; the two forms of Simpson's index used by…
• Conservation: keeping a species where it lives, or somewhere else
  In situ conservation through protected areas, legislation and habitat management, and ex situ conservation in zoos, botanic gardens and seed banks…

Practical work that lands here

• Field sampling, distribution and behavioural response