2008年10月29日 星期三

9.1What role do humans play in the premature exitnction of species?

There are three types of species extinction
local extinction
ecological extinction
biological extinction

Endangered and threatened species are ecological somke alarms
endangered species
threatened species
tusk長牙,獠牙
Carolina parakeet卡羅來納鸚哥
flock群
forage搜索糧秣
butt煙蒂

Estimating extinction rates is not easy
mammal 哺乳動物
minor DNA copying mistake
正常情況物種可存活1百萬年到1千萬年才會滅絕

Human activities cause many premature extinctions
in due time在適當的時候
impoverish耗盡
extent程度;限度;範圍
persist持續;存留
colonization殖民地的開拓
speciation物種形成
weed雜草;野草
rodent齧齒目動物



9 Sustaining biodiversity: the species approach

Core case study : a disturbing message from the birds
disturbing message 使人不安的消息
drive up 使...上升
migratory遷移的
prosper繁榮
blackbird燕八哥
starling椋鳥
tanager風琴鳥科
oriole黃鸝,金鶯
thrush鶇科;歌鶇
vireo綠鵑
warbler鳴禽
culprit罪犯
rodent齧齒目動物
decimate大量毀滅
carcass(動物的)屍體
excrete排泄

8.8What should be our priorities for protecting biodiversity?

We need to establish priorities for protecting biodiversity
intact原封不動的;未受損傷的
restoration修復;復原;整修;重建
penny一分;一分硬幣