Body size and biodiversity

Article Abstract:

A statistical analysis of a group of insects in a single biological community shows a neat parabolic curve in an x,y,z graph when compared for species in a body-size class, the number of individuals in the class and the body size itself . Therefore, a basic pattern links measures of biodiversity in an insect population. Body-size, or biovolume, becomes an important coefficient. A ten-fold increase in the number of insects in a body-size class yields 3.2 times more species. The observation appears robust as the results become more accurate with increasing sample size.

Research, Insects, Species diversity, Varieties, Population biology

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The great chain of being

Article Abstract:

Summary of life-environment interactions through the ages with a ladder whose rungs progress through microbes, plants and the large animals is illustrated. Changes in ocean ecosystems wrought by bacteria and Archea contributed to the deposition of the ocean sediments, an event of enormous significance became the habitat for bacteria that constitutes about one-third of the total living biomass.

Environmental aspects, Human beings, Human-environment interactions, Marine sediments, Aquatic ecosystems

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More than meets the eye.

Article Abstract:

The biodiversity of the Earth is nearly invisible, but the advances of molecular biology has proved that there are various types of diversity. Phylogenetic, metabolic, environmental and morphological are some of the diversities which are mentioned.

Evaluation, Biological diversity

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