References

Question 1

“small population paradigm” def or “the effect of smallness on a population”

Answer 1

(Caughley, 1994) - a review of conservation biology

Question 2

“declining population paradigm” def or “the cause of smallness and cure”

Answer 2

(Caughley, 1994) - a review of conservation biology

Question 3

extinction in a population is usually amplified by synergistic processes (a mix)

Answer 3

(Brook et al., 2008) - Synergies among extinction drivers under global change

Question 4

extinction vortex is a term to describe a cylce of biotic and abiotic factors that negatively influence an already declining population resulting extinction

Answer 4

(Brook et al., 2008) - Synergies among extinction drivers under global change

Question 5

the 5 scientific steps how to deduce and remove the agent responsible for a declining population for conservation.

Answer 5

(Griffith et al., 1989) & (short et al., 1992)

Question 6

management intervention methods for wild, captive and both critically endangered species

Answer 6

(Maguire et al., 1987)

Question 7

anything on methods of sex ratio estimation

Answer 7

(Ancona et al., 2017)

Question 8

a population of populations

Answer 8

(Levins, 1970)

Question 9

Connectivity and dispersal is important when studying metapopulations

Answer 9

(Shtilerman & Stone, 2015)

Question 10

fragmentation reduces connectivity and dispersal within matapops, breaking down natural structure and pop dynamics.

Answer 10

(Wilson et al., 2015)

Question 11

Human land-use change is the biggest culprit of extinctions.

Answer 11

(Mantyka-Pringle et al., 2011)

Question 12

demographic stochasticity definition

Answer 12

(Melbourne, 2012)

Question 13

environmental stochasticity definition

Answer 13

(Fujiwara & Takada, 2017)

Question 14

1973 a hurricane decimated the last Laysan teal (Anas laysanensis) population

Answer 14

(USFWS, 2004)

Question 15

radio telemetry was used to review the success of Laysan teal (Anas laysanensis) translocation to Midway Atoll (important to remember)

Answer 15

(Reynolds et at., 2013)

Question 16

based on a report it has been estimated that 480 million animals have been negatively affected by Australian wildfires. (own example)

Answer 16

(Dickman, 2007)

Question 17

the effects of population size on population viability

Answer 17

(Reed, 2008)

Question 18

Resources should not be wasted on species that require, for example, expensive captive breeding and reintroduction programmes, but instead be allocated for cheaper conservation actions that will prevent several other species from becoming extinct, or from becoming threatened to begin with.

Answer 18

(Arponen, 2012) (Bottrill et al., 2008).

Question 19

Resources for conservation are limited in respect to conservation

Answer 19

(IUCN, 2010)

Question 20

There are success stories where the the future was very dim. 97% of Mauritius’ original habitat had been lost and was ecologically devastated. Many species including the Dodo were exterminated and several highly endangered/ on the brink of extinction. A mix of conservation efforts have brought Mauritius back from the bleak and have saved many species including the endemic Mauritian pink pigeon and numerous plants.

Answer 20

(Hambler and Canney 2013, p. 343)

Question 21

fundamental concept in conservation biology: extinction is unacceptable

Answer 21

(Soule, 1985)

Question 22

Application of data and models to estimate probabilities that a population will persist for a specified time

Answer 22

(Mills 2012, p.254)

Question 23

extinction vortex definition

Answer 23

(Brook, Sodhi & Bradshaw 2008)