Week 5 Textbook Readings: Endangered Species

Question 1

Edge habitat

Answer 1

Habitat that occurs where two different communities come together, typically forming an abrupt transition, such as where a grassy field meets a forest.

When protecting many small areas, there is more edge habitat; thus, proliferation of edge habitat species has detrimental effects on species living farther inside a forest

Question 2

Biosphere reserve

Answer 2

Protected area consisting of zones that vary in the amount of permissible human impact.