Lectures 5-8

Question 1

bees vs wasps

Answer 1

pollen v flesh, grooming, branched hairs

Question 2

short tongued bees

Answer 2

colletidae, stenotritidae, halictidae

Question 3

long tongues bees

Answer 3

apidae, megachilidae

Question 4

megachilidae

Answer 4

leaf cutter

Question 5

halactids

Answer 5

semi social, 10-12 females together n males just rock out on a branch

Question 6

bee nectar treatment

Answer 6

bubbling or chemicals for evaporation bc high water

Question 7

morabidae

Answer 7

matchsticks w legs, top of head indentation, wingless, eye bands, dimorphic

Question 8

tetrigridae

Answer 8

primitive, associated with water

Question 9

pyrgomorphidae

Answer 9

fastigium groove, oft large and colourful

Question 10

acrididae

Answer 10

largest group, inc living stone, gumleaf

Question 11

locust

Answer 11

phase transition in grasshoppers due to large numbers from many breeding events, arose many times independently, change in morphology and behaviour

Question 12

drought

Answer 12

unpredictable low flow, unusual in duration + severity, cause by large scale climatic processes eg el nino

Question 13

drought impact on freshwater fish

Answer 13

water quality, habitat loss and fragmentation, intensification of biological processes, life history interference

Question 14

drought survival

Answer 14

resilience - dispersal ability, abundance, distribution and reproductive capacity, resistance - biological, physiochemical, hydrological, longevity

Question 15

freshwater climate change vulnerability

Answer 15

already isolated and fragmented, water quality, inc growing season, inc population so inc dams, irrigation, consumption, + already historical declines and degradation

Question 16

freshwater management

Answer 16

short term - emergency watering, removal and restocking, captive breeding, long term - mitigation of current stressors, land use control, env flow, removal of instream barriers, habitat and genetic diversity preservation, managed translocations

Question 17

cane toad impact

Answer 17

poisoning, preying, competing, indirect

Question 18

resistant reptiles

Answer 18

sladey grey snake, keel back snake, bc toad ancestry