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How do you select squares at random?

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Layout tape measures as axis

Use random number generator to get coordinates for particular square in grid

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Definition of biodiversity?

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A measure of the number and type of organisms in a certain area
Mixture of richness and eveness

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How do you calculate richness?

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Take appropriate samples in habitat
Record all species
Qualitative data (list of names)

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How do you calculate evenness?

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Take appropriate samples in habitat
Record all species
Record number of each species/% cover
Quantitative data (number of individuals of each species)

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What 2 ways are there for measuring genetic diversity?

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Look at observable features

Count the number of different alleles for a specific locus

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What is the problem with using observable features to measure genetic diversity?

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Unreliable as you don’t know exactly what alleles they have, just an indicator

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What is the definition of a locus?

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The position of a gene on a chromosome

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How do you calculate the genetic diversity?

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Work out the proportion of loci that have more than 1 allele

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Proportion of polymorphic gene loci=

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Number of polymorphic gene loci/

Total number of loci

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What does polymorphic gene loci mean?

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Polymorphic - Different versions

Gene loci - location of gene

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What are SNP’s

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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Reason for human differences, very small

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What is Simpson’s diversity index?

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Measures biodiversity of a habitat (richness and evenness)

D = 1 - (sum of (n/N²))

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What does everything mean in the Simpson’s diversity index?

D = 1 - (sum of (n/N²))

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D - Diversity
n - Number of individuals in species
N - Total number of things

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What 3 factors affect biodiversity?

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Human population growth
Climate change
Agriculture

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How does human population growth affect biodiversity?

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Habitats destroyed for housing/roads etc
Hunting/poaching - eg dodo birds
More pollution/greenhouse gases eg CO2, methane which cause climate change

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How does climate change affect biodiversity?

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Icebergs melt - no habitat for things that live on them, sea levels rise, temperature lowers, currents change
More dry - Only xerophytes survive so less diversity
Increase forest fires

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How does agriculture negatively affect biodiversity?

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Pesticides kill pests/insects but also kill beneficial insects (bees)
Habitat destroyed to use land for a monoculture

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How can agriculture positively affect biodiversity?

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Get subsidies from government to maintain/grow hedges

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What are the 3 reasons for conservation?

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Ecological
Economical
Aesthetic

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What are ecological reasons for conservation?

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Interdependence - species depend on each other
Keystone species - presence affects many in the habitat
Genetic resource - Wild varieties may have useful features like disease resistance

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What are the economical reasons for conservation?

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Tourism - eg safaris
Monoculture - 1 crop, decrease diversity
Soil depletion - monoculture could require certain minerals like nitrates and deplete stores in the soil
Rare plants can be sold for a lot of money

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What are the aesthetic reasons for conservation?

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Landscapes are nice to look at

Nature parks to visit eg when dog walking

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What is the definition of ex situ conservation?

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Conserving an endangered species by activities that take place outside its normal habitat

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What is the definition of botanical garden?

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A collection of plants all together in one place, like a zoo for animals, seeds can be collected from the wild and plants propagated quickly

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What is the definition of zoo?

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A collection of animals. Most have an important role in conservation such as captive breeding programmes and research into endangered species

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What is the definition of seed bank?

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Collection of seed samples Eg millenium seed bank. Seeds are stored in dry/ freezing conditions to preserve them

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What is the CBD (AKA Rio convention)?

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Convention of biological diversity
Agreement signed at the Rio earth summit in 1992 to conserve biodiversity. It also takes into account peoples needs and sustainable development

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What is the CITES?

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Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora. Regulate trade of wildlife, live specimens and products

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What is the definition of in situ conservation?

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Carrying out active management to maintain the biodiversity in the natural environment

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What is the definition of a local nature reserve?

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Smaller sites of protected countryside sometimes including habitat/species preservation

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What is the definition of marine conservation zone?

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Areas protected as they are important to conserve the biodiversity of naturally rare, threatened and representative habitats in the sea

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What is the definition of a national park?

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15 areas of protected countryside in the UK covering many of the most beautiful/valued landscapes

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What is the definition of SSSI?

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The country’s best wildlife/geological sites that have been designated as sites of scientific interest

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What is the definition of a wildlife reserve?

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Designated areas set aside for the conservation of a species or habitat

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What is the definition of CSS?

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Countryside stewardship scheme, 1991, conserve English landscapes primarily by funding farmers to manage/maintain countryside. This has now been replaced by the Environmental Stewardship Scheme.

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Which tactics for conservation are in situ?

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Local nature reserve
Marine conservation zone
National parks
SSSI
Wildlife reserve
CSS
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Which tactics for conservation are ex situ?

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Botanical garden
Zoo
Seed bank

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Which tactics for conservation are conventions?

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CBD
CITES
CSS

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What are the advantages of in situ conservation?

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Don’t have to move organisms
Maintains biodiversity of habitat
Doesn’t affect interdependence in habitat

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What are the advantages of ex situ conservation?

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Conserve species, prevent extinction
Habitats may have been lost - only choice
People visit and spend money which can be used in conservation projects
Breeding programmes maintain biodiversity

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What are the disadvantages of in situ conservation?

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Difficult to control natural environment (eg who enters)

Expensive (difficult to maintain a large area)

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What are the disadvantages of ex situ conservation?

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Expensive to move organisms
Difficult/impossible to return organisms to the wild
Difficult/dangerous to transport/capture animals
Decrease biodiversity of natural habitat
May not breed in captivity
People have ethical concerns

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What is the definition of sampling?

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A method for estimating the number of organisms in a particular area

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What is the definition of systematic sampling?

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Sampling species in different areas of the same habitat

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What is the definition of opportunistic sampling?

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Sampling the organisms easily available

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What is the definition of random sampling?

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A method for collecting data which involves selecting individuals by chance

47
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What is the definition of chance?

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This factor can be minimised by taking a large number of samples

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What is the definition of stratified sampling?

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Splitting populations into sub groups and then taking a random sample

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What is the definition of a line transect?

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A line is run through a habitat and samples are taken at certain intervals along the line

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What is the definition of a belt transect?

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Two parallel lines are marked in a habitat and samples are taken between them

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What is the definition of sampling bias?

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This factor can be removed by taking random samples

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Advantages of random sampling?

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Removes/reduces experimental bias

Any subjects can be chosen

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Advantages of opportunistic sampling?

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Easy to do

Uses easily available subjects

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Advantages of stratified sampling?

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All categories of the population are represented

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Advantages of systematic sampling?

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More generalisable as more areas of the habitat are sampled

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Disadvantages of random sampling?

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May not have equal numbers of each sub group

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Disadvantages of opportunistic sampling?

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Not generalisable/representative of the whole population

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Disadvantages of stratified sampling?

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More time consuming

Subgroups may not be clear

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Disadvantages of systematic sampling?

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More time consuming

60
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Disadvantages of belt transect?

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More time consuming
More difficult
Interrupted belt transect may miss species

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Disadvantages of line transect?

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Small area so some organisms are not sampled

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Advantages of belt transect?

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Allow a correlation to be seen between conditions and species present

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Advantages of line transect?

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Quicker
Easier
Allow a correlation to be seen between conditions and species present

64
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How do you work out abundance?

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Number of individuals /

Area of sample

65
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How do you estimate total population (maths)?

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Number of individuals in first sample X number of individuals in second sample /
Number of recaptured marked individuals

66
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What do you do to estimate total population? (explanation)

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Capture - mark - release - recapture

67
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Definition of a species?

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A group of similar organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring

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