Biodiversity

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  • Created on: 15-03-17 19:26
Name the ways that we can sample animals?
sweep nets, pooters, pitfall traps, tullgren funnels.
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Name 2 factors that affect biodiversity.
human population (pollutants), agriculture (monoculture and selective breeding)
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Name 2 factors that affect biodiversity.
Climate change (can create obstructions), Extinction (when the last living memeber of a species dies)
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Name two ecological reasons to maintain biodiversity
Interindependence and genetic resource.
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Name an economical reason to maintain biodiversity
discover of molecules with potential as medicines
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what is conversation in situ
carrying out active management to maintain the biodiversity in the natural environment
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name an advantage of in situ conservation
permanently protects biodiversity and representative examples of ecosystems
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give and disadvantage of in situ conservation
area can become a honeypot to poachers and encounterists. this could cause disturbance
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what is ex situ
conservation outside the normal habitat of the species
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Name 2 factors that affect biodiversity.

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human population (pollutants), agriculture (monoculture and selective breeding)

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Name two ecological reasons to maintain biodiversity

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Name an economical reason to maintain biodiversity

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