- A. What do we mean by biodiversity?
- B. How much biodiversity is found in tropical rainforests?
- C. Biogeography of tropical regions
- D. Why is there so much biodiversity in tropical rainforests?
- E. Plants
- F. Animals
- G. Recent losses in biodiversity
- 1) Extent of losses
- 2) Biodiversity “hot spots”
- 3) Estimation of species extinctions
- 4) Consequences of biodiversity loss
- 5) Causes of recent declines in biodiversity
- 6) Endangered areas
- 7) Endangered organisms
- 8) Value of biological diversity
- 9) Conservation of biodiversity
- 10) How can the loss of biodiversity be halted?
- 11) Disturbance of adjacent unlogged areas
