Conservation Bio Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
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4 key drivers of loss of biodiversity
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- Climate change
- Overutilisation
- Habitat loss / fragmentation
2
Q
What’s a horizon scan?
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A tool to predict emerging issues, opportunities and developments not widely recognised
3
Q
What’s in-situ conservation?
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Conservation method within their natural habitat
4
Q
What’s ex-situ conservation?
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Conservation method outside their natural habitat
5
Q
Benefits of in-situ conservation?
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- Maintains ecological processes and interactions
- supports broader ecosystems
6
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Benefits of ex-situ conservation?
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- Optimal conditions for breeding, growth and health
- Shields species from poaching, habitat destruction etc
7
Q
4 types of metapopulation
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- Classical Levins
- Mainland-Island
- Patchy
- Non equilibrium
8
Q
How can biology establish a starting point when designing/prioritising habitat reserves?
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- Species-Area relationship
- Equilibrium island theory
9
Q
What’s a keystone species?
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A species that plays a large role in maintaining the structure and function of an ecosystem
10
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What’s a keystone resource?
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A resource such as a river or tree
11
Q
..% of fisheries are fully or over exploited
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75
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