environmental conservation

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Decks in this class (18)

Chapter 1
What is threatening the coral ree...,
Conservation biology is sometimes...,
What is anthropocene
24  cards
Chapter 2
Community,
Ecosystem,
Population
31  cards
Chapter 3
What is a market failure,
What are externalities,
What paper discussed the misuse o...
24  cards
Chapter 4 pt 1
What is an ecological footprint h...,
What factors affect the impact of...,
About how much habitable land has...
27  cards
Chapter 4 pt 2
How does habitat degradation diff...,
How and why did ddt affect living...,
What characteristics should a che...
16  cards
Chapter 5 (Climate Change)
When you think about ocean curren...,
What makes saltwater more likely ...,
What is enso
38  cards
Chapter 5 (Overharvest-Over exploitation)
How does technology effect the ha...,
What changes as harvest of a spec...,
Can you provide several examples ...
19  cards
Chapter 5 (Exotic/Invasive Species)
Why did europeans introduce exoti...,
Why are exotic species deliberate...,
What are the most common ways in ...
12  cards
Chapter 5 (Disease)
How can captivity increase the ri...,
How might actions that limit disp...,
Why is fragmentation of habitat t...
12  cards
Chapter 6
Extant extinct,
Locally extinct extirpation,
Ecologically extinct
34  cards
Ch. 6 (Risk of small populations)
What are the three main factors t...,
How do you calculate the allelic ...,
What is heterozygosity is there a...
16  cards
Chapter 7
To be most effective in preservin...,
What does morphology refer to,
How might the distribution vary w...
35  cards
CH7 Legislation/ESA
What are the listing designations...,
What government agencies are char...,
About how many species are listed...
10  cards
CH9 Protected Areas
What organizations establish rese...,
What are some examples of protect...,
About how much of the earth s sur...
8  cards
Ch9 New Protected Areas
How do the species and community ...,
What criteria are used to pick sp...,
Which conservation approach is us...
12  cards
CH9 Designing Protected Areas
Recall island biogeography theory...,
What is the sloss debate,
Sloss which one allows for larger...
13  cards
CH9 Habitat Corridors
1 what are the potential benefits...,
How does a strip corridor differ ...,
How would you classify the corrid...
6  cards
CH9 Management
What is a landscape how does land...,
What factors may increase the nee...,
How is disturbance used as a tool...
7  cards

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