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Select an article from a magazine or newspaper that has something in it that pertains to biology. This will serve as the “target article” for this assignment. For instance, you can select an article about medicine, invasive species, nature, conservation, genetic technology, ecology, or any other topic that is related to biology. One purpose of this assignment is to help you become aware of how biology is related to your everyday life.
Write a one to three (1-3) page paper in which you:
- Summarize the article in one (1) or more paragraphs, using your own words. Be sure to identify the article using an in-text citation in the body of the paper, as well as a reference in the reference section.
- Explain how the article relates to this course. Identify which biological concepts from the course and / or text are relevant to the topic covered in the article. Citing the course text, discuss the ways in which this course does (or doesn’t) provide background information to help you understand the article and the larger issues surrounding it.
- Explain why the article caught your attention. Relate the article to your life and to issues that are important to you. Discuss how or if the scientific knowledge about the topic covered in the article affects you directly or indirectly.
- Discuss your opinion on how research on this topic should be funded. State whether you think taxpayer monies should support research on this topic or whether such research in this area should be funded by the private sector. Rate the importance of research on this topic, relative to other areas of research.
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Running Head: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Conservation Biology
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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
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Is species richness increasing? Insight into an intense ecological debate
In the article, scientists are discussing on whether and why the numbers of species are
credibly remaining steady even as biodiversity declines globally. The article stipulates that recent
ecological studies have concluded that the species in diverse sites all over the world have been
noted to be stable or increasing. Such sites include species and bot animal and plant habitats like
forests, grasslands, freshwaters, as well as oceans. This calls for conservation biologists to
eliminate oversimplification when forming conservation cases and success indicators as well. It
is important to have good species but it interferes ecological activities and balance, and alter
aspects of biodiversity (Cardinale, Gonzalez, Allington & Loreau, 2018). Again, more species
misses the cultural, ethical, and aesthetic traits of some species including ecological groups. The
discussed features of biodiversity can ...