All cards
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Characteristics of Extinction-Prone Species
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Why Should We Preserve Wild Species?
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Basic and Secondary Causes of Depletion and Extinction
Basic:
- population growth
- risimg resource use
- no environmental accounting
- poverty
- population growth
- risimg resource use
- no environmental accounting
- poverty
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Causes of Depletion of Wild Species
should memorize
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Causes of Depletion of Wild Species: Direct Causes
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What is the greatest single threat to species survival?
Habitat loss and degredation
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Habitat Loss and Degradation: why is it bad? what are some examples?
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Threats from Non-Native Species: why/how do non-native species arrive? why are they an issue?
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How Can We Reduce Threats from Non-
Native Species?
Native Species?
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What are other extinction threats? Besides non-native species and habitiat degredation
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COSEWIC Risk Categories: what are they and what are the catagories?
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Protecting Wild Species: The Sanctuary Approach - what are the methods and challenges?
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pros and cons of zoos/aquariums
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What is background extinction? What is mass extinction?
Background extinction is the normal amount of species going extinct without human factors.
Mass extinction is a widespread, rapid decrease in biodiversity (many species going extinct)
Mass extinction is a widespread, rapid decrease in biodiversity (many species going extinct)