X - Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation

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L1 Pfiefer - Conservation Science
What is the difference between co...,
Give the 4 postulates of conserva...,
What 3 things were designed to at...
3  cards
L2 Pfiefer - Conservation Science
What are the 5 stages of systemat...,
What factors would you consider i...,
What are the 5 assessment criteri...
14  cards
L3 Pfiefer - Conservation Science 3
What 2 patterns about island biog...,
What 2 processes about island bio...,
What are the 2 types of dispersal
17  cards
L4 Pfiefer - in-situ conservation and management
What is in situ conservation,
What are the 4 steps of in situ c...,
What does pame stand for
14  cards
L5 Pfiefer - Managing Animals in Captivity
What is ex situ conservation,
What 4 points are the criteria to...,
Give 2 examples of breeding progr...
11  cards
L6 Pfeifer - Conservation Challenges
What are the 2 primary components...,
At a regional level what just cli...,
Ecosystem boundaries can be blurr...
14  cards
L1 Tosh - Diversity of Life
For what 3 reasons cant we be mor...,
Give 4 reasons we should care bou...,
What 2 things does a species inve...
3  cards
L2 Tosh - Extinctions and changes in Biodiversity
Why did animals such as mammoths ...,
Why was there a greater loss in t...,
What is the biological cause for ...
10  cards
L3 Tosh - Observing and Mapping Biodiversity
What are the 3 methods by which y...,
What kinds of conditions preserve...,
Apart from animal fossils what el...
8  cards
L4 Tosh - Distributions, migrations and dispersal
Define endemicity,
Modern angiosperms made their way...,
Angiosperms dominate the world fl...
13  cards
L5 Tosh - Quantifying and measuring Biodiversity
What 2 major factors control dive...,
How would adding fertilizer cause...,
What is the plant dominance index
11  cards
L6 - Tosh - Human Impacts on Biodiversity
What are the 4 human enterprises ...,
In what 3 ways do the 4 human ent...,
What trend is generally seen betw...
14  cards
L8 Tosh - Limits to Population Growth
What 2 things limit population gr...,
What is the main outcome of intra...,
What 3 things are essential or gr...
5  cards
L9 Tosh Interspecific competition
What are the 5 basic interactions...,
Give 2 examples of competitive ex...,
What is niche theory
8  cards
L10 Tosh - Life Tables, Cohorts and Age Structured populations
Define mortality,
What are the 3 mortality trend ty...,
When is a cohort table used
13  cards
L11 Tosh - Predators, parasites, herbivores and the impacts on popualtions
Describe the occurrence of the my...,
Describe what a parasitoid is,
Describe 4 defence types plants h...
18  cards
L12 Tosh - Population interactions and community structure
Give an example of both indirect ...,
What is a trophic cascade,
Give an example of a trophic cascade
13  cards
L13 Tosh - Species Richness revision
0  cards
L14 Tosh - Looking for patterns in plants and animal communities
What is ordination
1  cards

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