© 1. Define
the various components (richness, evenness) of species diversity:
and discuss the
effect of different structure of community on species-area-curves.
© 2. Describe
changes in species diversity with changes in altitude, latitude, and area.
© 3. Discuss
the various factors (e.g., geologic time; non-uniformness of the background;
competition; predation; productivity; stability; area; distance from regions
with large
number of species) that contribute to species diversity on lands and on
islands.
© 4. Discuss
the possible role of diversity in enhancing community stability, resilience,
and
resistance.
© 5. Describe
the following concepts and terms: biogeography; diversity; index
of
community similarity; niche-fundamental and realized; predation; resilience
(ability to
bounce back to original state after an ³insult² or disturbance²); resistance;
richness and stability (steadiness in composition and number); Shanon-Weiner
Index of
Species Diversity.
• Outline of presentation :
For outline of presentation and for the legends of figures, see the
Handbook for the course "Biology 121 Notes, Spring, 1998, University of
Illinois, Plant Biology: Ecology and Organismic Plant Biology" by Govindjee,
Stipes Publishing, Champaign,IL.
© Slides
used in the class are to be found elsewhere on these Web pages.