Foreword
Welcome to this encyclopedia on biodiversity.
The encyclopedia is your source for information to the subject. Be
sure to check back regularly to see our newest items.
Evert J. de Valk, Ph.D
Overview
In this English version, started in 2005, we are currently working on
25 subject areas and more than hundred items.
Subject Areas
Items listen by subject area
- 1- Definition of biodiversity
Definition and value
- 2- Components of Biodiversity
Biogeography,
Overview
Birds,
Biodiversity of
Desert
Genes,
Description of
Genetic Code
Genetic Diversity and Gene Banks
Grassland
Invertebrates, Freshwater, Overview
Indicator
Species
Keystone
Species
Mammals,
Biodiversity of
Mediterranean
scrub
Metapopulations
Populations, Species, and Conservation Genetics
Population Genetics
Species,
Concepts of
Taiga
or boreal forest
Temperate
broadleaf forest
Tropical
rainforest
Tropical
savannah woodland
Tundra
- 3- Natural processes
and biodiversity
Biogeochemical
Cycles
Diapause and Dormancy
Eukaryotes, Origin of
Evolution,
Theory of
Fossil Record
Geologic Time, History of Biodiversity in
Human Origin
Island Biogeography, Evolution and
Life
History, Evolution of
Paleoecology,
Quaternary
Parasitism
and Symbiosis
Phylogeny
Speciation
- 4- Biodiversity in the Netherlands
Amphibians, The Netherlands
Bats, The Netherlands
Butterflies,
The Netherlands
Birds, The Netherlands
Fish, The
Netherlands
Fungi,
The Netherlands
Landscape
Diversity, The Netherlands
Plant Biodiversity, The Netherlands
Reptiles,
The Netherlands
- 5- Importance of
biodiversity
Definition and value
- 6- Natural resources
- 7- Global commons
- 8- Biodiversity loss
- 9- Causes of biodiversity
loss
Acid
Rain
Bioinvasions
Climate
Change and Ecology, Synergism of
Climate
Change, Biodiversity and
Desertification
Eutrophication
and Oligotrophication
Human Impact on Biodiversity,
Overview
Introduced Plants, Negative Effects of
Market
Economy and Biodiversity
Overpopulation,
Human
Overconsumption,
Human
Ozone Problems
Pesticides, Use and Effects of
Pollution,
Overview
Poverty And Biodiversity
- 10- Extinction of species
Dinosaurs,
Extinction Theories for
Endangered Wetlands
Mammals,
Pleistocene, Extinctions of
Mass
Extinctions, Concept of the
Mass
Extinctions, Notable Examples of
- 11- Red lists
Endangered Species
Mammals, Conservation Efforts for
Threatened Plants, Overview
- 12-
Protection and
sustainable use of biodiversity
Forest Conservation
Legal protection of Biodiversity, International
Legal protection of Biodiversity, European Union
Legal protection of Biodiversity, Global Perspectives
Principles
Protected
Areas
Reforestation
Sustainability, Concept and
Practice of
Wildlife Management
Zoos
Zoos,
Electronic
- 13- Biodiversity
conventions and regulations
Convention on
Biological Diversity
Convention
on Biological Diversity, Assessing Implementation
- 14- Birds and Habitat
directive
- 15- Biodiversity policies (Netherlands)
- 16-
Natura 2000
(European Union) and Ecological Main Structure
(Netherlands)
Ecological Main Structure,
realisation of
- 17- Species
protection programs (Netherlands)
- 18- Biosafety
- 19- Biodiversiy and
spatial public policies (Netherlands)
- 20- Biodiversity and
environmental public policies (Netherlands)
- 21-
Biodiversity and
public policies
on climatic change (Netherlands)
- 22-
Actions of provinces and
municipalities (Netherlands)
- 23-
Actions of chemical
industries and agriculture
Agriculture,
Worldwide
Agriculture, Traditional
Aquaculture
Breeding of Animals and Crop Plants
Food
Crops, Genetical Modification of
- 24-Web Links
Glossary of Terms Related to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CHB)
Milieu Data Bases (NIWI)
Terms of
Environment (United States, Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA)
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