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- Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: The '''Great Barrier Reef''' is the world's largest [[coral reef]]. The reef is located...
5: ...t European explorer to see the Great Barrier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voya...
7: Due to its vast biodiversity, warm clear waters and its accessibility from the floating gues...
9: ...gle largest living [[animal|animal being]] in the world. In reality it is many colonies of [[coral]]s...
14: ...s, the largest being less than 150,000 people. By world standards the Reef is under only light enviro... - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
15: ...bsp;[[millimetre|mm]] (0.6 inch). Mosquitoes weigh only about 2 to 2.5 [[milligram|mg]] (0....
17: ...rotatus]]'', ''[[Aedes]]'', ''[[Sabethes]]'', ''[[Wyeomyia]]'', ''[[Culiseta]]'', and ''[[Haemagoggus...
19: ... term "mosquito" was adopted to prevent confusion with the [[house fly]].
21: ...esidential area is the removal of standing water (where mosquitoes breed), and the use of repellants,...
25: ...the necessary protein. Males differ from females, with mouth parts not suitable for blood sucking. T... - Wildlife (4144 bytes)
2: ... [[urban]] sites—all have distinct forms of wildlife.
4: ... [[activists]] to [[protest]] the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.
6: ...made use of the traditional human separation from wildlife.
8: ==Wildlife as food==
9: ... that is not traditionally regarded as game is known as [[bushmeat]]. - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ...n dioxide]] (CO<sub>2</sub>). The alternative view, that the principal causes are natural cycles suc...
5: ...over the next one hundred years due to the lag in warming caused by the oceans.
7: ...effects by causing [[flood]]s, [[drought]]s, heat waves, reduction of [[agricultural]] yields or in e...
11: ...used change [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/518.htm]. Sometimes the term "anthropogenic cl...
16: ...ed Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/displaypagedoc.asp?id=13057]. - Himalaya (16334 bytes)
1: ...bode of snow" in [[Sanskrit]] ( from ''hima'' "snow", and ''aalaya'' "abode"). The correct name for t...
3: ...ve in the watershed area of the Himalayan rivers, which also includes [[Bangladesh]].
5: ...imalayas.jpg|thumb|350px|right|[[Perspective]] view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from sp...
9: ... to Namche Barwa in the east. The width varies between 250-300 km. The Himalayan range comprises thre...
10: ...re than 6000 m and contains a large number of the world's highest peaks including the three highest -... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
1: ...itat (ecology)|habitat]]. The term ''oekologie'' was coined in [[1866]] by the German biologist, [[E...
4: ...ome sub-disciplines contributing to ecological knowledge.
6: ...ntal issues. Additionally, a [[holism|holistic view]] of nature is stressed in both ecology and envir...
8: Consider the ways a biologist might approach studying the life o...
9: ... of the [[queen bee]], and how she relates to the worker [[bee]]s and the [[drone (bee)|drones]]. - Amazon Rainforest (4064 bytes)
2: ...arts located within nine [[nation]]s: [[Brazil]] (with 60% of the rainforest), [[Colombia]], [[Peru]]...
7: ...basin was formed in the [[Palaeozoic]] period, between 500 and 200 million years ago.
9: ==Biodiversity==
11: ... (Note: [[Brazil]] has one of the most advanced laws to avoid [[biopiracy]], but enforcing it is a pr...
14: ...[[tree]]s -- this carbon will accelerate [[global warming]]. - Honduras (7841 bytes)
1: ...ize]] (formerly "British Honduras") is 75 [[km]] away across the Bay of Honduras.
2: ... border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #...
7: | width="140px" | [[Image:Honduras flag large.png|125...
8: | width="140px" | [[Image:Honduras_COA.gif|100px|Coat...
10: | width="140px" | ([[Flag of Honduras|In Detail]]) - Barn Owls (3416 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Barn owls}}
2: ...Schleiereule fws.jpg|250px]] | caption = [[Barn Owl]], ''Tyto alba''}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Owl|Strigiformes]] }}
15: ...on [[Barn Owl]]) and the '''Phodilinae''' or bay-owls.
17: ... [[Neogene]] epoch . Two sub-families are only known from the fossil record, the ''Necrobyinae'' and ... - Feral Cats (8203 bytes)
1: ...ens have little chance of surviving more than a few months and are vulnerable to starvation, predator...
3: ... from a feral colony before they are about twelve weeks old.
5: ...ond [[kitten]]hood is usually less than two years while a [[domestication|domestic]] housecat lives a...
8: ... even [[automobile]]s. The current population of twenty to forty million feral felines in the United ...
10: ... care to these cats throughout their lives. Many would like to do more, but most fully feral cats ar... - Mosquitoes (10897 bytes)
15: ...bsp;[[millimetre|mm]] (0.6 inch). Mosquitoes weigh only about 2 to 2.5 [[milligram|mg]] (0....
17: ...rotatus]]'', ''[[Aedes]]'', ''[[Sabethes]]'', ''[[Wyeomyia]]'', ''[[Culiseta]]'', and ''[[Haemagoggus...
19: ... term "mosquito" was adopted to prevent confusion with the [[house fly]].
21: ...esidential area is the removal of standing water (where mosquitoes breed), and the use of repellants,...
25: ...the necessary protein. Males differ from females, with mouth parts not suitable for blood sucking. T... - Recluse Spiders (5927 bytes)
2: ...a.jpg|200px|Brown recluse spider]] | caption = Brown recluse spider}}
15: ...s/catalog/COUNTS.html], best known being the [[Brown recluse spider]].
18: ...isphere]], ([[South America]] and [[Africa]]), known primarily for their self-burying behavior.
20: ...nera can live for very long times without food or water.
22: ...e area of the Midwest, west to Colorado and the New Mexico state line and east to Northern Georgia. ... - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
1: ...scribed interrelationships between animals and between animals and their environment as early as the ...
6: ...ry]], about twenty thousand plant species were known, versus forty thousand at the beginning of the [...
8: ...[latitude]] and [[altitude]], a discipline now known as [[geobotany]].
10: ...eological]] data. One of Humboldt's famous works was "Idea for a Plant Geography" ([[1805]]).
12: ...he time included [[Aimé ‚onpland]] and [[Eugenius Warming]]. - Biodiversity (11106 bytes)
1: ...There are a number of definitions and measures of biodiversity.
5: ...earch Council]] (NRC). The word ''biodiversity'' was suggested to him by the staff of NRC, to replac...
7: ...cerned citizens worldwide. This use has coincided with the expansion of concern over [[extinction]] o...
9: ==Biodiversity definitions==
10: ...icro-organisms, their genes and the ecosystems of which they are a part. - Swamp (2871 bytes)
1: [[Image:Swamp.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A freshwater swamp]]
5: ...usions. Swamps usually include a large amount of woody [[vegetation]].
7: ...stance. Swamps are features of areas with very low [[topographic]] relief, although mountains may su...
8: ...t|350px|Swamp located along a tributary of the Chowan River.JPG]]
9: ...are swamps that are centered around large lakes. Swamps are often called ''[[bayou]]s'' in the [[sout... - Organic farming (38858 bytes)
1: ...he [[EU]], organic farming is also defined by [[law]] and regulated by the [[government]].
3: ==Overview==
5: ...d the preferences of the individual [[farmer]]. However, all organic systems share common goals and p...
8: ...[erosion]], nutrient depletion, structural breakdown);
9: * promotion of [[biodiversity]] (e.g. growing a variety of crops rather than a single crop);... - Weed control (16617 bytes)
1: ...ient [[fertilization]] and [[growth]] patterns of weeds.
3: == The effects of weeds on other plants ==
5: ..., we can often change our definition to ''a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered''.
6: ...ce will quickly return [[cultivated]] land to a [[wilderness]] state.
8: ...compost]] will have a head start over germinating weed seeds.
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