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"Biodiversity"
Biodiversity, as defined by E.O. Wilson, "is meant to be all inclusive-
it's the genetic based variation of living organisms at all levels, from the
variety of genes in populations of single species, through species, on up to the
array of natural ecosystems." This includes plants, animals, insects, fungi,
bacteria, and all microorganisms. All of these things create what is known as a
web. These things interact with each o ....
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.... that environments that lack it cannot. In the video, during
the drought, the side of the field with a more diverse environment held stern as
the other wilted away.
Areas that are very diverse are very important to humans as well. They
provide a wide arrange of pharmaceuticals such as aspirin and penicillin. "Some
40 percent of U.S. prescriptions are for pharmaceuticals derived from wild
plants, animals and microorganisms.(E.O. Wilson)" They also provide fruit, o ....
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