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SUMMARY:Lecture: \"The Environmental Significance of Biodive
 rsity\"
LOCATION:Great Hall\, Memorial Union
URL:http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/lecture/18915
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 nShahid Naeem is professor and chair of Columbia University'
 s Department of Ecology\, Evolution\, and Environmental Biol
 ogy. He leads a research group studying the ecological conse
 quences of biodiversity loss and has been actively involved 
 in bringing the science of biodiversity to conservation\, re
 storation and policy development.\n--------------------\nNae
 em's work has demonstrated how an ecosystem's loss of specie
 s affects its ability to resist invasion by other species\, 
 its production and nutrient cycling\, and its overall stabil
 ity. Naeem is coauthor of Biodiversity\, Ecosystem Functioni
 ng and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspecti
 ve. He earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Cali
 fornia\, Berkeley\, and has held faculty positions at the Un
 iversity of Minnesota and the University of Washington. \n\n
 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture.\n\nContact: lec
 tures@iastate.edu\nPhone: 515-294-9934
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