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What is a habitat biodiversity?

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Number of different habitats found in an area

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What is species richness?

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Number of different species in a particular area

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What is species evenness?

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Number of individuals of each species living in the community

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What is genetic biodiversity how does it happen and what does it lead to?

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Variety of genes
Happens due to different versions (alleles)
Lead to different characteristics that allow for better adaptation

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What is sampling?

What does sampling tell you?

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  • Measurement of a limited number of individual organisms present in a particular area
  • are used to estimate the number of organisms/And number of individuals of the species (abundance)in an area without counting them
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What are the three forms of nonrandom sampling?

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  • Opportunistic
  • stratified
  • systematic
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What is opportunistic sampling?

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It is organisms that are conveniently available (very weak)

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What is stratified sampling?

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Population is divided into strata (subgroups) based on characteristics then a random sample is taken from each one

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What is systematic sampling?

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Sample separately carried out using a line or a belt transect

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What is the reliability of sampling?

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They could be sampling bias
Unfortunate chance that the sample may not be representative of the population
Therefore the larger the sample the more reliable it is

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What is a poorer?

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Catches small insects

Sucking insects by mouthpiece into holding chamber

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What are sweep nets?

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Catch insects in areas of long grass

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What are pitfall traps?

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Small insects fall and cannot crawl out of a hole

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What is tree beating?

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Cloth is stretched under tree

Tree is shaken or hit and the cloth catches only falling animals/insects

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What It is kick sampling?

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Riverbank is kicked and the net is placed downstream catches any insects

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How are plants sampled?

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Quadrat

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What is a point quadrat?

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Horizontal bar

Each species of plants that the pin touches is recorded

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What It is a frame quadrat?

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Type and number of species in each small square is recorded

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How is species richness measured?

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A list of the number of species recorded in a specific area

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How do you measure species evenness?

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How close the numbers of the population of each species in the environment is

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What can you measure using frame quadrat?

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  • Density
  • frequency
  • percentage cover
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How do you estimate animal population size?

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Capture mark release recapture

The greater the number of marked individuals recaptured The smaller the population

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living conditions in a habitat that have a direct effect on the organism

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What are six abiotic factors?

What sensor is used to measure them?

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Windspeed: anemometer
Light intensity: light meter
Relative humidity: humidity sensor
PH: pH probe
Temperature: temperature probe
Oxygen content in water: dissolved oxygen probe
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Why are senses used to measure abiotic factors? Name 4 reasons
- Detects rapid changes - human error avoided - precision - data stored and tracked on computer
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How do you calculate biodiversity and what two factors are taken into account?
Simons index of diversity | species richness/evenness
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What are the results of assignment index indicator of?
0: no diversity 1: Infinite diversity
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What does low biodiversity tell you?
``` Few successful species Stressful environments Very specific adaptations Simple food webs Change to environment will have a major effect on ecosystem ```
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What does high biodiversity tell you?
Large number of successful species Not stressful environment Few adaptations Complex food webs
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What is the importance of genetic biodiversity and how does it happen?
More alleles means more genetically biodiverse More likely to adapt, less likely to become extinct Advantageous alleles
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What factors affect genetic biodiversity?
Mutations Interbreeding (alleles are transferred between two populations, gene flow) Selective breeding to get advantageous characteristics Captive breeding Artificial cloning Natural selection (advantageous characteristics go through) Genetic bottlenecks The funder affects Genetic drift
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What is genetic bottlenecks?
Few individuals survive and events or change reducing the gene pool
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What is the founder effect?
Individuals create a new colony that is geographically isolated from the original and the gene pool is small
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What is genetic drift?
Random nature of alleles being passed on causes the frequency of the occurrence of the allele to vary Existence of a particular allele can disappear It’s more pronounced in populations with a low genetic biodiversity
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What is three ways have humans influence biodiversity?
Deforestation Agriculture Climate change
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What are the issues of deforestation?
Less trees Less habitats and food for animals Forces of animals to migrate (decrease in biodiversity)
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What are the issues of agriculture?
Farmers grew few crops or plants to get a high yield | Herbicides and pesticides can kill pests reducing diversity
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What is monoculture?
Production of one crop | Results in low overall biodiversity
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What is the impact of climate change?
Melting ice caps lead to migration Rising sea levels Higher temperatures and less rainfall
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What are the three main reasons for maintaining biodiversity?
- Aesthetic - economic - ecological
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What does continuous monoculture result in?
Soil depletion (reduction in soil nutrients diversity?) The crop takes the same nutrients out of the soil every year making the ecosystem fragile
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What are keystone species? | Why are they important?
Species that play a key role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community They affect organisms and help species richness/evenness They are essential in maintaining biodiversity
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What is in situ conservation?
Conservation within the natural habitat
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What is ex situ conservation?
Conservation out of their natural habitat
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What is sustainable development?
Economic development that meets the needs of people without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their needs
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Give examples of techniques that help with in situ conservation. (Seven)
- Controlled grazing - restricting human access - controlled poaching - feeding animals - reintroduction of species - calling or removing invasive species - halting succession
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What is Halting succession?
Stopping the natural process where early colonising species are replaced over time
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Give examples of ex situ conservation (Three)
- Botanic Gardens - seed banks - captive breeding programs
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What are captive breeding programs and what do they do?
They produce offspring of a species in a human controlled environment Aims to create a healthy population of species and gradually reintroduce them into their natural habitat
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Why are some of the organisms that are born in captivity not suitable for a lease?
- Disease: they may not be resistant to some new diseases in the world - behaviour: a lot of behaviour is learnt through copying or experience which they may not have experienced - genetic races: may not be able to interbreed as their genetic make up is different to the original population - habitat:1st the habitat needs to be restored to allow captive population is to be re-introduced
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What does the international union for the conservation of nature do?
Publish a red list once a year (Current conservation status of threatened animals) Countries can work together to conserve the species
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What does the convention international trade of endangered species do?
Regulates the international trade of wild plant and animal specimens
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What were the three new agreements between nations at the Rio convention?
- Convention on biological diversity: (CBD) developing new strategies for sustainable development (ensure maintenance of biodiversity - United Nations framework Convention on climate change: (UNFCCC) steps to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations - United Nations Convention to combat desertification: (UNCCD) prevent transformation of fertile land into desert
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What is the countryside stewardship scheme?
Payment to farmers and other land managers to enhance and conserve English landscape - sustain beauty and diversity - improve extend and create wildlife habitats - restore neglecting land - improve opportunities for countryside enjoyment
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What has the Countryside stewardship scheme been replaced with?
Environmental stewardship scheme

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