Biodiversity And Conservation

Question 1

Example of genetic diversity

Answer 1

Rauwolfia vomitoria , 50,000 rice strains, 1000 mango varieties

Question 2

Species diversity eg

Answer 2

West ghats have more amphibian species than east ghats

Question 3

Reserpine is produced by ?

Answer 3

Rauwolfia vomitoria

Shows genetic diversity

Question 4

Total no of plant and animal species acc to IUCN

Answer 4

1.5 mil

Question 5

Extreme estimates of number species

Answer 5

20 to 50 mil

Question 6

According to Robert May , no of species is

Answer 6

7 million, therefore no of species recorded so far are only 22%. In india 10000 plant and 300000 animal species are yet to be discovered

Question 7

Term biodiversity was given by

Answer 7

Edward Wilson

Question 8

% of animals and plants is ?

Answer 8

70% animals
22% plants
8% eukaryotic microrgnsms

Question 9

% of insects among animals is

Answer 9

70% animals are insects

Question 10

What is the land area of india and its contribution to global diversity

Answer 10

Land - 2.4%

Global species diversity-8.1%

Question 11

Latitude of tropics

Answer 11

23.5n- 23.5s

Question 12

No of bird species in Columbia

Answer 12

1400

Question 13

No of bird species in amazon

Answer 13

1300

Question 14

No of bird species in india

Answer 14

1200

Question 15

No of bird species in New York

Answer 15

41n, 105

Question 16

No of bird species in Greenland

Answer 16

71n, 56 species

Question 17

Max biodivesty is present in

Answer 17

Amazon, South America

Question 18

Species area relationship was given by

Answer 18

Alexander Von humboldt

Question 19

” Stable community shows less variation in productivity “ said by

Answer 19

David tilman

Question 20

Rivet popper hypothesis was given by

Answer 20

Stanford ecologist paul ehrlich

Question 21

Example of ecological diversity

Answer 21

India has more Eco diversity compared to a Scandinavian country like Norway ( india has desserts , forests, mangroves , coral reefs, wetlands)