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Lecture 8- Conversation status Flashcards

1
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How many species did the IUCN recognise in 2008?

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5488

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IUCN 9 categories:

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Extinct
Extinct in the wild
Critically endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Near threatened
Least concern
Data deficient
Not evaluated
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3
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Which three categories count as threatened?

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Critically endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable

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4
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IUCN classifies a species as extinct if…

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The species has not been detected for 50 years

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5
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Macphee and Flenming (1999) listed how many species as extinct since 1500

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88 species

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6
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2008 assessment figure for EXTINCT

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76 species

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7
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2008 assessment figure for EXTINCT IN WILD

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2 species

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2008 assessment figure for CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

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188 species

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9
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2008 assessment figure for ENDANGERED

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448 species

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10
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2008 assessment figure for VULNERABLE

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505 species

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2008 assessment figure for NEAR THREATENED

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323 species

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12
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2008 assessment figure for DATA DEFICIENT

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836 species

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13
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2008 assessment figure for LEAST CONCERN

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3110 species

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IUCN 11 classes of threat:

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Biological resource use
Agriculture and aquaculture
Residential and commercial development
Invasive and other problematic species
Natural system modifications
Human intrusions/disturbance
Transportation and service corridors
Energy production and mining
Climate change and severe weather
Pollution
Geological events
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15
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Species threatened by BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE

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819

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16
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Species threatened by AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE

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773

17
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Species threatened by RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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354

18
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Species threatened by INVASIVE AND OTHER PROBLEMATIC SPECIES

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239

19
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Species threatened by NATURAL SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS

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234

20
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Species threatened by HUMAN INTRUSIONS/DISTURBANCE

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146

21
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Species threatened by TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICE CORRIDORS

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141

22
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Species threatened by ENERGY PRODUCTION AND MINING

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120

23
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Species threatened by CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEVERE WEATHER

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119

24
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Species threatened by POLLUTION

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73

25
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Species threatened by GEOLOGICAL EVENTS

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18

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