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Read Chp 55 in the text before coming to discussion.
Questions for Discussion.
What is meant by the BiodiversityCrisis? Are extinction rates higher today than in the past? If so, why? The biodiversity is the fact that animals are going extinction at 100 or 1000 times than normal. This is due to people defragmentingtheir habitat and deforestation.
What are the major sources of anthropogenic (human-caused) extinction? List them in order of importance.
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
introductionof exotic species
global warming
3. What is Restoration Ecology and what are its goals?
Restoration Ecology is the study of renewing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through activehuman intervention.
4. In terms of Restoration Ecology, what are the differences between Remediation, Revitalization, and Restoration? Which process is the most expensive and time-consuming?Restoration is the most expensive and time consuming
5. Name the major causes of global climate change.
Air, land, and water pollution and destruction of natural habitats like the rain forests andglaciers
6. In designing a nature preserve, is it better to have a single large preserve, or many small preserves of the same area. If one type is not always favorable, what factors would influence whichdesign would be better? It's better to have a huge area of preservation. Biomass declines sharply along edges of forest fragments. The edge effects cause people to overestimate preservation area.There is also a species-area relationship.
7. Discuss the species you looked up, as part of the prelab, with your neighbor. Answer this question: If this species was endangered NOW, what sort...
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