The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson | Book Club

Suggested by: Lily
Pages to read: 353
ISBN: 9780674058170 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are the different levels of biological organization?
•How many species are still to be discovered?
•What makes diversity vulnerable?
•How can an ecosystem erode?
•How can an ecosystem become restored?
•What happened in Krakatau?
•How can different species get to new locations? Locations that are far?
•How many and what are the historic extinction era?
•What caused the fall of the dinosaurs?
•Will diversity recover from massive extinction events?
•What is the biomass distribution of the food hierarchy?
•What creates reproductive isolation?
•What is vertical evolution?
•What is speciation evolution?
•What causes species to adapt?
•What are genes?
•What is adaptive radiation?
•What is evolutionary convergence?
•Why are there shark attacks on humans?
•What are the origins of many South American mammals?
•What can increase the chances of a species survival?
•What are keystone species?
•How do predators effect an ecosystem?
•How does solar energy affect biomass?
•How does geography effect biomass?
•What are general features of a diverse species?
•What is the area affect?
•Why are there different outcomes in inbreeding and ordinary haphazard mating?
•Why do people cut down trees?
•What are sources of wealth?
•Is there material wealth in biodiversity?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.