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Classification, biodiversity and conservation

Canonical unit B18

• Classification and phylogeny: sorting by ancestry, not by looks
  The taxonomic hierarchy from domain to species and the rules of binomial naming; the biological species concept and wher…
• Measuring biodiversity: richness, evenness and the index that catches both
  Biodiversity at the level of habitat, species and genes; species richness against species diversity; the two forms of Si…
• Conservation: keeping a species where it lives, or somewhere else
  In situ conservation through protected areas, legislation and habitat management, and ex situ conservation in zoos, bota…

Practical work that lands here

• Field sampling, distribution and behavioural response