“How would you define biodiversity?”  

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What is biodiversity and why is it important?  

What are the four (scales) levels of biodiversity?  

What level of diversity is often neglected?

 Using the variety of grizzly bears found in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, explain the difference between species and population diversity.  

Why does Yellowstone National Park make a good model for explaining ecosystem biodiversity?

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  Now watch the video segment “Scientists at Work: Liz Hadley Tracks the Impact of Climate Change in Yellowstone,” from time 0:00–7:25, which introduces the relationship between environmental change and biodiversity: www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/liz-hadly-tracks-impact-climate-change-yellowstone 

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Describe the relationship between mountain pine beetles and grizzly bears.

 What “global forces of change” are impacting the relationship you described in the previous question?

What inference can you make about the role humans might play in this process?

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Calculate Biodiversity

Gorongosa Biodiversity

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Keep in mind that the White pine trees live a t very high elevations and not in the valleys.  How long does it take for the beetles to kill a 700 year old tree? Describe why it might be hard to replace the trees once they are dead.

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