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4.2.1: Biodiversity Flashcards

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Biodiversity

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the variety of life on earth/of species in an environment.

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Types of biodiversity

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  • Species
  • Habitat
  • Genetic diversity
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Species

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Two individuals which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring; basic units of biological classification.

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Types of non-random sampling

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  • Stratified
  • Systematic
  • Opportunistic
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What is stratified sampling?

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Population divided into strata (sub-groups) e.g. male/female. Random samples then taken from each group.

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What is opportunistic sampling?

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Uses organisms which are conveniently available e.g. trapping

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What is systematic sampling?

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Different areas within a habitat are identified and sampled separately, e.g. belt transect.

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Methods of sampling living organisms

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1) Kick sampling
2) Sweep netting
3) Collecting from trees
4) Longworth trap
5) Pitfall trap
6) Cover trap
7) Water trap
8) Tullgren funnel
9) Light trap
10) Mark-release-recapture

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Genetic biodiversity

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Differences between individuals of the same species

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Habitat biodiversity

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Range of habitats in which a species lives

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Species biodiversity

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Difference between species (e.g. functional differences of bacteria involved in decay and those involved in digestion)

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What does a low Simpson’s diversity index mean?

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Habitat has low biodiversity

Environment less stable, less able to withstand change

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Information needed to calculate Simpson’s index

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Number of individuals of all species in area being sampled (100% cover for plants)
Identify all species present

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Species richness

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Number of different species in area

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Species eveness

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How close in numbers each species in area is

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High Simpson’s index

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Area is biodiverse
More stable
Able to better withstand change

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Gene pool

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Distribution of different alleles in a population

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Gene

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Length of DNA which codes for a specific protein

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Allele

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Variation of a gene

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Factors which increase genetic biodiversity

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Mutation

Interbreeding between different populations

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Factors which decrease genetic biodiversity

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  • Selective breeding
  • Rare breeds
  • Captive breeding
  • Cloning
  • Natural seletion
  • Genetic bottle necks (only a few survive an event)
  • Founder effect (small no. create new population)
  • Genetic drift (some alleles will be completely lost naturally)
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Polymorphic genes

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Genes with more than 1 allele

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Factors affecting biodiversity

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  • Deforestation
  • Agriculture –> monoculture
  • Climate change
  • Humans: pollution, hunting, introduction of new species (cane toad to Australia)
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Keystone species

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A species which plays a critical role in the ecological community

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In situ conservation

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Conservation of species in their natural habitat

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Ex situ conservation

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Conservation of species outside of their natural habitat

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Pros of in situ

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✔︎ Species will have all necessary resources
✔︎ Cheap
✔︎ Bigger breeding populations can be kept
✔︎ Species will have more space
✔︎ Species will continue to evolve

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Cons of in situ

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✘ Environment may need restoring

✘ Hard to control poaching

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Cons of ex situ

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✘ Small gene pool
✘ Often, cannot release = not adapted to disease, have not learned to hunt, cannot interbreed with wild population, habitat may have been totally destroyed

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Spearman’s rank results

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Between 0 and 1

Higher = stronger correlation (less spread of results)

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How to communicate the results of stats tests

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1) Find critical values
2) Comment on significance (i.e. above critical value)
3) Comment on probability (p= 0.0.5 –> 5% probability that correlation due to chance)

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d (Spearman’s)

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Rank difference

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n (Spearman’s)

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Number of species

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N (Simpson’s)

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Total number of individuals found

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n (Simpson’s)

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Number of individuals of a species found

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Why conserve species? (economic reasons)

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  • Regulation of atmosphere and climate
  • Formation/fertilisation of soil
  • Reducing soil depletion
  • Recycling of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen)
  • Crop pollination
  • Possible sources of medicines
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Why conserve species? (ethical & aesthetic reasons)

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  • Enjoyment of nature –> wellbeing
  • Every organism has right to survive and live where they adapted to live
  • Physical, intellectual, emotional health
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How does the founder effect decrease genetic biodiversity?

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  • Small number of individuals create a new colony that is geographically isolated from the original
  • Increased prevalence of diseases caused by recessive alleles
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How does genetic drift decrease genetic biodiversity?

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  • Which alleles are passed from parent to offspring is random
  • Frequency varies but some alleles are lost forever
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How does a genetic bottleneck decrease genetic biodiversity?

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• Genetic bottleneck: only a few individuals within a population survive an event or change

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How does natural selection decrease genetic biodiversity?

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• Only individuals with advantageous alleles survive to reproduce

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Similarities between the founder effect and genetic bottlenecking?

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  • Both followed by genetic drift which results in change of allele frequencies
  • Initially, genetic biodiversity is lost
  • Both involve small numbers of individuals breeding with each other
  • Both may result in a new population carrying alleles that are unlikely to be representative of the original group
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Differences between the founder effect and genetic bottlenecking?

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Bottlenecking involves individuals dying

The founder effect involves ecological separation of individuals

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