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What is MVP?

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Minimal viable population

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What is PVA?

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Population Viability Analysis

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MVP is the what?

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The product

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PVA is the what?

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The process

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What are the components of Population Viability Analysis?

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Population Phenotype
Environment
Population structure and fitness

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What are population phenotypes?

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Morphology
Physiology
Behaviour

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Give an example of morphology

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Variation in size, shape and patterns

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Give an example of physiology

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Metabolism
Reproduction
Disease resistance

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Give an example of intra and inter specific behaviour

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Courtship
Social
Interactions

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Give an example of behavioural distribution

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Dispersal
Migration
Habitat selection

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What are the components of the environment?

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Habitat quantity

Habitat quality

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Give an example of the factors in habitat quality

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Abundance of resources
Abundance of species
Patterns of disturbance

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What are the components of population structure and fitness?

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Dynamics of spatial distribution
Age and size
Sex ratio
Growth rate

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What types of extinction are there?

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Deterministic

Stochastic

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Define deterministic

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A change of force from which there is no escape. Something essential is removed or introduced

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Define stochastic

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Results from normal random changes or environmental perturbations

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Give an example of a stochastic event

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The thinning of a population that doesn’t cause it to become extinct

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What is the problem with the thinning of a population?

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Increased risk of another random event

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Also, if the population has been thinned why may their be an increased risk of extinction?

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Lower populations are more likely to be vulnerable

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Define viable population size

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Smallest number of individuals needed to give a population a high probability of survival in a specified period of time

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Give an example of a species that has been studied for a viable population size

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The Big Horn Sheep

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What was the viable population size of the big horn sheep?

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Why do certain populations decline?

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Genetic problems
Demographic influences
Environmental fluctuations

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Give an example of the genetic problems that cause populations to decline

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Inbreeding

Genetic Drift

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Give an example of the demographic influences that cause populations to decline
Random variations in birth and death rates
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Give an example of the type of environmental fluctuations that cause populations to decline
``` Predations Competition Disease Food supplies Natural catastrophes ```
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In a generation, a population of 500 will lose what percentage of its genetic diversity?
0.1%
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In what ways can genetic drift be prevented?
By ensuring connectivity between populations of species
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What is an effective population?
50 based on domesticated animals, but basically between 50-500 individuals
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Give an example of unequal sex ratio
In elephant seals only one male mates with all of the females
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How many populations of the grizzly bear are now in the US?
Six populations in four states due to the Western colonisation
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What is the number of grizzly bears currently and past?
From 100,000 to 1,000
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What is the effective population size of the grizzly bear and why?
25% because not all individuals can breed
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How does this number of effective population affect the grizzly bear?
It can cause a loss in genetic variation
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What is inbreeding depression?
The reduced fitness in a given population as a result of the breeding of related individuals
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Why is inbreeding depression not a problem in large populations?
In large populations, individuals do not mate with close relatives
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What is the result of inbreeding depression?
Weak or sterile offspring and expression of harmful genes
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Where is inbreeding more likely?
In smaller populations
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Why is inbreeding a cause for concern for rare species?
Threatens their survival
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What is outbreeding depression?
Outbreeding depression is a scientific term that refers to when two distant relatives of the same species produce offspring less fit than themselves
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What is the potential outcome from a loss of evolutionary flexibility?
Extinction
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How can variability in climate effect population sizes?
A wet year could increase plant growth and therefore increase herbivores which in turn could increase carnivores
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How can natural catastrophes affect population sizes?
It can eliminate populations
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Variability in climate is more likely to affect what population sizes?
Small population sizes, they are more vulnerable
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Explain the Vortex Effect
Natural disaster may lower population size. This may lead to inbreeding depression. Meaning more vulnerable to extinction.
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Give an example of a species that become victim to the Vortex Effect
Greater Prairie Chicken
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Give the population in 1933, and the population in 1989
25,000 in 1933 to 50 in 1989.
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What was the reason for the Greater Prairie Chickens decline?
Conversion of prairie to farmland
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As a result of translocation of male Greater Prairie Chickens to larger populations what happened?
Increased egg hatching success, and increase in genetic diversity
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Rarity is a natural phenomenon based on what three parameters?
Geographical range Habitat specificity Population sizes
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In terms of the IUCN Red List what does extinct in the wild mean?
Extinct in the wild!
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In terms of the IUCN Red List what does critically endangered/ endangered mean?
In danger of extinction if causal factors of decline continue
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In terms of the IUCN Red List what does vulnerable mean?
Species that are likely to become endangered if casual factors of decline continue
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In terms of the IUCN Red List what does near threatened mean?
Populations that are not endangered of vulnerable, but are at risk
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In terms of the IUCN Red List what does least concern mean?
Abundant species
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How does the IUCN Red List determine which species goes into which category?
By measurements of species decline and population viability

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