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Lecture One -Introduction and Valuing Biodiversity
Define the term ecology,
Give the four levels of ecologica...,
What is a population
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Lecture Two - Biodiversity
Give some symptoms of sudden oak ...,
When was sudden oak death first r...,
Give the name of the agent causin...
31
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Lecture Three - Concept of Community
What are the problems with the ti...,
What are jncc,
What is the national vegetation c...
18
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Lecture Four - Community Structure
Name the green seaweed that has i...,
What has been the effect of the i...,
What are species genus ratios
34
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Lecture Five - Demography
What is the use of a mathematical...,
What is induction,
Give an example of induction
19
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Lecture Six - Sustainable Harvesting & Exploitation
What is exploitation,
What is harvesting,
When fisheries collapse what happ...
15
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Lecture Seven - Migration and Dispersal
What is the difference between mi...,
Define migration,
Define dispersal
33
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Lecture Eight - Metapopulations
Why do species have patchy habita...,
What is habitat loss,
What is habitat fragmentation
30
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Lecture Nine - State of Britain's Wildlife
What are priority species,
Give the name of two priority spe...,
What percentage of species in the...
18
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Lecture Ten - Wind Turbines
Why are so many birds of prey kil...,
When were bat casualties first no...,
Give the company that offers stat...
23
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Lecture Eleven - Zoo
What is the living planet index,
How many vertebrate populations i...,
What is the decline in lpi betwee...
13
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Lecture Twelve - Rarity and Red Listing
What might habitat specitivity in...,
What is the extent of occurrence,
What is the area of occupancy
37
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Lecture Thirteen - Protected Areas and In situ Conservation
What is ex situ conservation,
What is in situ conservation,
What is the main objective or pur...
35
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Lecture Fourteen - Light Pollution
Give and describe the unit for me...,
What is the increase in lux from ...,
What used to be the major source ...
40
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Lecture Fifteen - Rewilding
What is the problem with pastoral...,
What is the main message of larki...,
What is the benefit of wildlife s...
19
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Lecture Sixteen - Climate Change and Biodiversity
Which 30 year period was likely t...,
What was the increase in earth su...,
What is likely to be the dominant...
27
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Lecture Seventeen - Climate Change and Biodiversity 2
What is phenotypic plasticity,
Give an example of phenotypic pla...,
What percentage of corals were ki...
27
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Lecture Eighteen - Pollination
What is the name given to the rip...,
How can we estimate the number of...,
What is attack tolerance
21
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Lecture Nineteen - Metapopulation Models
Give two reasons for deforestation,
What is the negative effect of de...,
What is a closed population
17
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Lecture 20 - Ecosystem Services and Environmental Change
What are ecosystem services,
What is the causal chain of ecosy...,
What is option value
42
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Lecture Twenty-One - Host-Parasite Dynamics and Disease
Describe microparasites,
What are the smallest parasites c...,
Give three kinds of micro parasite
39
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Cresswell's Reading
What is an indirect interaction,
Give two possible ways that indir...,
Give an example of interaction chain
18
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