conservation

Question 1

What is Conservation?

Answer 1

An interdisciplinary branch of biology, serving the preservation (or restoration) of natural biodiversity in the face of human activities

Question 2

Biodiversity

Answer 2

1. Genetic diversity (within & between species)
2. Species diversity (No. species & their distribution)
3. Habitat diversity (community/interaction diversity)
4. Ecosystem services

Question 3

Biodiversity is a result of

Answer 3

Evolution and Ecology.
* The distribution of abiotic resources
* Evolution
* Biotic interactions
* Coevolution
* Dispersal

Question 4

Evolutionary Ecology / Behavioural Ecology:

Answer 4

• Natural and sexual selection
• Life histories
• Behaviour
• Interactions with the environment and other organisms.

Question 5

Mating systems understanding

Answer 5

Reduction in inbreeding, ex-situ conservation, captive-breeding

Question 6

cooperation + conflict understanding

Answer 6

Invasive supercolonies, social insects (and microorganisms?) as indicator species

Question 7

symbiosis + coevolution understanding

Answer 7

Importance of maintaining interactions, rather than single species

Question 8

life history evolution understanding

Answer 8

Phenotypic plasticity and evolution of traits

Question 9

Sex allocation in Kākāpō

Answer 9

Supplemental feeding
Sex differences in body mass

Question 10

Marginal Value Theorem

Answer 10

describes the behaviour of an individual foraging in a patchy environment

Humans as central place foragers