Biodiversity Diversity

The human impact on the environment affects many areas of our lives and future. One example is the effect of acid rain on biodiversity, the diversity of living things. In the prairies that extend across the heartlands of North America and Asia, native plants have evolved that can survive even nitrogen-poor soil and drought. By studying prairie plants, scientists hope to breed food plants that will be hardy sources of food in times of drought. However, acid rain is making some of these plants extinct. 

The macroinvertebrate community showed a high diversity at the headwaters of the main channel and tributaries of the Ebro River. This relevance is related with higher water quality [39] and suitable habitat characteristics in these sites. Biodiversity and density of macroinvertebrates decrease in the regulated areas of the river [40]. Nevertheless, the biological quality based on macroinvertebrates has improved during the last decade in the mid and low reaches of the tributaries, except for the Jalon river [41]. 

The Sava river basin is of great significance because of its outstanding biological and landscape diversity. It hosts a large complex of alluvial wetlands and large lowland forest complexes. The Sava is a unique example of a river where some of the floodplains are still intact, supporting both flood alleviation and biodiversity. 

In conclusion, with respect to cultural diversity and sustainability of the agroecosystems, indigenous soil knowledge can be used as a complement to scientific knowledge. Both are fundamental to establishing strategies and practices to maintain sustainable agriculture, as well as for cultural survival and a healthy ecosystem. In addition, better biodiversity usually occurs on or adjacent to traditional ecosystems as compared to nontraditional ecosystems, and it will only be protected if the... 

Hominick WM, Reid AP, Bohan DA, Briscoe BR. Entomopathogenic nematodes Biodiversity geographical distributions and the convention biological diversity. Biocont Sci Tech. 1996 6 317-331. 

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