Biodiversity

Biodiversity: the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth, and is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 per cent of earth's surface, and contain about 90 percent of the world's species.

Webinars

Development of xMAP based assays for food and environmental safety

In order to emit less contaminants into the environment, and at the same time produce healthier foods that are free of those contaminants, all production systems should be investigated, i.e....

Speaker: Jeroen Peters, MSc

Presented at: xMAP® Connect Virtual Conference

SEP 08, 2016 12:00 PM PDT

SEP 08, 2016 12:00 PM PDT

Plant Viruses: Everywhere and Often Mutualistic

Virus Ecology is a field that is gaining momentum, fueled in part by metagenomic studies from many environments previously ignored. Biodiversity studies of plant viruses show that they...

Speaker: Marilyn Roossinck, PhD

Presented at: Microbiology & Immunology

Development of xMAP based assays for food and environmental safety

In order to emit less contaminants into the environment, and at the same time produce healthier foods that are free of those contaminants, all production systems should be investigated, i.e....

SEP 08, 2016 12:00 PM PDT

Plant Viruses: Everywhere and Often Mutualistic

Virus Ecology is a field that is gaining momentum, fueled in part by metagenomic studies from many environments previously ignored. Biodiversity studies of plant viruses show that they...