Lecture 6: Habitat Loss

Question 1

Habitat Loss

Answer 1

• when a habitat is altered/destructed so dramatically that it no longer supports the species it originally sustained.
• one of the most important drivers of species loss.

Question 2

The Biome Crisis

Answer 2

habitat conversion exceeds habitat protection by a ratio of 8:1 in temperate grasslands and the mediterranean, and 10:1 in more than 140 ecoregion.