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    Lec 31 - Why So Many Species? The Factors Affecting Biodiversity

    "Lec 31 - Why So Many Species? The Factors Affecting Biodiversity" Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB 122) One can look at biodiversity from several perspectives. An ecological point of view tries to determine how necessary diversity is for an ecosystem to function. An economic point of view tries to capture the value of the "services" nature provides for mankind. An evolutionary point of view shows how artificial the human "right" to dominance is. Finally, a personal point of view captures the emotional basis for the values that humans place on biodiversity. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction 05:39 - Chapter 2. The Ecological Perspective 11:45 - Chapter 3. The Economic Perspective 21:12 - Chapter 4. The Evolutionary Perspective 26:18 - Chapter 5. The Personal Perspective 33:01 - Chapter 6. What to Do? 45:28 - Chapter 7. Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2009.

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    Lec 1 - The Nature of Evolution: Selection, Inheritance, and History

    Lec 2 - Basic Transmission Genetics

    Lec 3 - Adaptive Evolution: Natural Selection

    Lec 4 - Neutral Evolution: Genetic Drift

    Lec 5 - How Selection Changes the Genetic Composition of Population

    Lec 6 - The Origin and Maintenance of Genetic Variation

    Lec 7 - The Importance of Development in Evolution

    Lec 8 - The Expression of Variation: Reaction Norms

    Lec 9 - The Evolution of Sex

    Lec 10 - Genomic Conflict

    Lec 11 - Life History Evolution

    Lec 12 - Sex Allocation

    Lec 13 - Sexual Selection

    Lec 14 - Species and Speciation

    Lec 15 - Phylogeny and Systematics

    Lec 16 - Comparative Methods: Trees, Maps, and Traits

    Lec 17 - Key Events in Evolution

    Lec 18 - Major Events in the Geological Theatre

    Lec 19 - The Fossil Record and Life's History

    Lec 20 - Coevolution

    Lec 21 - Evolutionary Medicine

    Lec 22 - The Impact of Evolutionary Thought on the Social Sciences

    Lec 23 - The Logic of Science

    Lec 24 - Climate and the Distribution of Life on Earth

    Lec 25 - Interactions with the Physical Environment

    Lec 26 - Population Growth: Density Effects

    Lec 27 - Interspecific Competition

    Lec 28 - Ecological Communities

    Lec 29 - Island Biogeography and Invasive Species

    Lec 30 - Energy and Matter in Ecosystems

    Lec 32 - Economic Decisions for the Foraging Individual

    Lec 33 - Evolutionary Game Theory: Fighting and Contests

    Lec 34 - Mating Systems and Parental Care

    Lec 35 - Alternative Breeding Strategies

    Lec Last - Selfishness and Altruism