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| claimeed that unless population growth was controlled, people would outgrow the available food suply |
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| Founded the US forestry service |
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| Advocated the protection of predators |
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| Father of classical economics |
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| Natural Selection. Studied in the Galapagos |
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| Studied in the Malaysian Archipelago |
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| forced the government of new caledonia to obey laws to protect reefs |
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| % composition of atmospheric nitrogen |
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| % compostion of atmospheric oxygen |
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| % composition of atmospheric carbon |
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| any rock subjected to intense heat any pressure thats form is altered |
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| process of compression and compaction (forms sedimentary rock) |
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| when one techtonic plate slides under another |
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| Concentrated animal feeding operations |
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| entre area of land that a river drains |
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| process of nutrient overenrichment,algal blooms, increased population of organic matter, decomposition, and hypoxia |
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Split off Austrialia
more endemic species than anywhere else
no mammals/amphibians
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kagu-endemic flightless bird |
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| Extra Credit extinct species |
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Caspian Tiger
Auk
Dodo bird
T-rex
English Wolf
Quagga
Steller's seacow |
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| first 11 miles of the atmospher |
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| past 11 miles into the atmospher |
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| % of energy trapped by photosynthesis |
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| ways to reduce dead zones |
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responsible use of fertilizer
Riparian Buffers |
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| vegetated land that helps protect a stream from the impact of adjacent land uses |
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| 250mya, 90-95% of species went extinct |
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| California floristic preserve |
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| biodiversity hotspot in California, host to over 8000 endemic plant species; mediteranian climate |
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