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Habitat Loss

Habitat Loss. Orange County, California. Processes that degrade habitat and ecosystems. Contamination/Pollution Human built structures Soil erosion Changing fire regimes Changing water use and hydrology Deforestation Desertification Draining wetlands. Human Built Structures.

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Habitat Loss

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  1. Habitat Loss Orange County, California

  2. Processes that degrade habitat and ecosystems • Contamination/Pollution • Human built structures • Soil erosion • Changing fire regimes • Changing water use and hydrology • Deforestation • Desertification • Draining wetlands

  3. Human Built Structures

  4. Pacific or CaliforniaFire-bellied Newt

  5. Pacific or California Fire-bellied Newt –don’t try this at home w/o washing hands

  6. Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA

  7. Snake migration in Shawnee Copperhead

  8. Dandelion dispersal – along roads and railroads

  9. Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon

  10. Fish Ladders

  11. The Dingo – Canis familiarus dingo

  12. Dingo Fence – The World’s Longest Fence – New South Wales

  13. Erosion and loss of habitat on Round Island, Mauritius

  14. Early human use of fire

  15. Smokey the bear - 1953

  16. Smokey the Bear - 1960

  17. Southern US pine savanna

  18. Crown Fire

  19. Everglades Surface Water Flow

  20. Desertification • Desertification is the conversion of grassland and savanna habitat into relatively sparse, unproductive vegetation • The main cause of desertification is overgrazing by livestock

  21. Rio Puerco Basin NM

  22. Rio Puerco Basin 1885 1977

  23. Rio Puerco Today

  24. Overgrazing – Texas and England Left good, right overgrazed Left good, right overgrazed

  25. Wetlands • Wetlands are lands that are transitional between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

  26. Freshwater Wetland Types

  27. General Locations of U.S. Wetlands

  28. Crane Species • 1. Eurasian Crane, 2. Black-necked crane, 3. Munktrana, • 4. Sandhill Crane, • 5. Whooping Crane, 6. Japanese crane, 7. White-naped Crane, 8. Sarus Crane, 9. Australian Crane, 10. Siberian Crane, 11. Wattled Crane, 12. Demoiselle Crane, 13. Blue Crane, 14. Black Crowned Crane, 15. Grey Crowned Crane

  29. Grey Crowned Crane

  30. Grey Crowned Crane

  31. Overexploitation Tokyo Tuna Market

  32. Commercial exploitation

  33. Morel Mushrooms for Sale

  34. Coral harvested for jewelry

  35. Rhinoceros exploitation

  36. Rhino horn Products – Dagger market in Yemen

  37. Rhino Horn in Traditional Medicine

  38. Wild Blueberries

  39. Wild Salmon

  40. Egret plumes and feathered hat

  41. Tragedy of the Commons

  42. Japanese Whaling Ships

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