Ch.11

Question 1

Arboreta / Botanical Gardens

Answer 1

Very common but have little storage capacity and funding to preserve plants.

Question 2

Biotic pollution

Answer 2

Species reduce or wipe out populations of native species and trigger ecological disruption

Question 3

Butterfly farms

Answer 3

Common in Papua New Guinea, where species are threatened by development

Question 4

Captive breeding

Answer 4

Some or all of the wild individuals of a critically endangered are captured for breeding in captivity, with the aim of reintroducing the offspring into the wild

Question 5

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Answer 5

Ratified by most countries, legally commits participating governments to reversing the global decline of biological diversity and equitably sharing benefits of genetic resources. Contains no severe penalties and not ratified by US.

Question 6

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

Answer 6

Lists species that can’t be traded because of danger of extinction. Reduced trade in threatened animals, like elephants chimpanzees cheetahs and crocodiles. Convicted pay small fines, and countries that haven’t signed still trade unabated

Question 7

HIPPO

Answer 7

Habitat Destruction, degradation and fragmentation, Invasive species, human Population growth, Pollution, and Over harvesting

Question 8

Instrumental value

Answer 8

Usefulness in terms of ecological and economic services

Question 9

Intrinsic value

Answer 9

Based on ethical right for animals to exist

Question 10

Kudzu vine

Answer 10

Imported from Japan to southeast US in 1930s. Used to control erosion, but covers everything. Considered bad by US, but has edible parts. Can be killed by a fungus, and can lessen ones desire for alcohol.

Question 11

Precautionary approach

Answer 11

Species that are not on the approved list are denied entry into the country

Question 12

Reconciliation ecology

Answer 12

Focuses on establishing and maintaining new habitats to conserve species diversity in places where people live.

Question 13

Ecosystem approach

Answer 13

Find out what species and ecosystems are in a country, protect the most endangered of them, provide financial incentives and technical help to have biodiversity friendly development

Question 14

Ecotourism

Answer 14

Worth more than simply killing animals.

Question 15

Egg pulling

Answer 15

Collecting wild eggs laid by endangered birds and then hatching them in zoos or research centers

Question 16

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

Answer 16

Identify and protect endangered species in the US. Far reaching and controversial

Question 17

Gene or seed banks

Answer 17

Store seeds in refrigerated, low humidity environments. Some cant be preserved here, and can be accidentally destroyed otherwise.

Question 18

Habitat conservation plans (HCPs)

Answer 18

Compromise between private landowners and endangered/threatened species

Question 19

Endangered

Answer 19

Close to extinction

Question 20

Threatened

Answer 20

Close to Endangered

Question 21

Habitat fragmentation

Answer 21

Development divides an area into isolated patches. Creates metapopulations and can kill many animals.

Question 22

Red list

Answer 22

Published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources that lists the world’s threatened species.

Question 23

Safe harbor agreements

Answer 23

Landowners voluntarily agree to take specified steps to improve habitat for threatened species on their land, in return for technical help and assurance that resources won’t be restricted in the future.

Question 24

Species area relationship

Answer 24

90% loss of habitat causes 50% loss of species in a habitat

Question 25

Voluntary Candidate conservation agreements

Answer 25

Landowners take steps to conserve a species whose population is declining in return fir technical help subsidies and assurance that no restrictions will be put if the species becomes threatened or endangered in the future

Question 26

Wild or feral boars

Answer 26

Found in Florida mainly, compete with endangered animals, root up farms, hard to control by hunting.

Question 27

Burmese python

Answer 27

Native of southeast asia in the Everglades. Eat practically anything, imported as a pet.

Question 28

Bushmeat

Answer 28

meat from non domesticated animals that can threaten biodiversity