Chapter 55 - Conservation Biology
Be able to define or list the following:
 

conservation
 
preservation
 
Darwin's prediction of types organisms which will prevail
 
generalist
 
specialist
 
origins of species
 
extinction
 
levels of biodiversity (3)
 
genetic diversity
 
species diversity
 
endangered species
 
threatened species
 
ecosystem diversity
 
major threats to biodiversity

  • Habitat destruction
    • MacArthur-Wilson island equilibrium (53.27)

     
  • Introduced species
     
  • Overexploitation
     
  • Disruption of interactive networks
minimum viable population
 
effective population size
 
extinction vortex
 
Cicindela dorsalis
 
indicator species of healthy beaches
 
causes of C. dorsalis population reductions
 


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