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The Relationship Between Bird Species Richness And Human Appropriation Of Net Primary Productivity, Kaeli Mueller
The Relationship Between Bird Species Richness And Human Appropriation Of Net Primary Productivity, Kaeli Mueller
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
As humans harvest increasing amounts of biomass, it is crucial to gain an understanding of how much energy is being appropriated and the impact that this could have on ecosystems and biodiversity. The primary way in which humans impact biodiversity loss is through land use change. One way of quantifying the impact of land use change is through human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP). This measurement represents the total amount of energy derived from photosynthesis that humans remove from ecosystems and appropriate for their own use. My research studies the relationship between HANPP and bird species richness at the …