Adaptation to climate change

Question 1

Assisted migration + main factors to consider

Answer 1

facilitating the migration of a species to a novel range

species adapted to northern latitudes may have no where left to migrate to

complex community-level interactions

top-down factors:
pollinators, herbivores, parasites
bottom-up factors
microbiome, interspecies interactions

Question 2

sky islands

Answer 2

species on mountains often adapted to high latitudes
can’t leave mountain range

Question 3

natural migration

Answer 3

surprisingly, some species thought to go extinct because of climate change and habitat loss have moved and have started feeding on different type of plant

Question 4

gene drive technology*

Answer 4

Crisper gene change will modify the genes of the other parent in the developing embryo
guarantees that the trait will be inherited

Question 5

problems with extreme weather events (3)

Answer 5

when frequency does not allow populations enough to recover
populations already greatly reduced
extreme weather starts when populations have no experience with it

Question 6

drought condition adaptation

Answer 6

planting desert-adapted native plants can increase local rainfall

Question 7

flood conditions

Answer 7

mangrove growth protects shorelines from big wave events