Chapter 55
1. List the major threats to biodiversity and give example of each.
2. Describe why biodiversity is important to humans.
3. Describe the three concepts upon which the field of biodiverstiy emerged.
4. Describe the goal of conservation biology.
5. Describe how biodiversity is distributed.
6. Define the term, "biodiversity hot spot."
7. Describe the problems presented to conservation by migratory species
8. Describe how the biodiversity crisis extends throughout the hierarchy of biological organization.
9. Describe how habitat fragmentation affects population dynamics.
10. Define "source habitat" and "sink habitat" and discuss how these terms relation to conservation efforts.
11. Describe how population viability analysis as well as estimates of minimum viability size and effective population size are used to evaluate the chances of a species persisting or becoming extinct.
12. Give examples of how predictive models are being used in conservation efforts.
13. Describe the conflicting demands that arise in conservation management plans.
14. Describe how edges and corridors influence landscape biodiversity.
15. Discuss why nature reserves are important to preserving biodiversity and why conservation efforts will involve working in landscapes dominated by humans.
16. Describe why restoring degraded areas is an important part of conservation biology an how bioremediation and augmentation play a role in restoration efforts.
17. Describe how sustainable development goals are reorienting ecological research and will require changes some human values.