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APS271 Conservation Biology

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By: Eve Croxford
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Principles of Conservation Biology
learn lecture 1 material
11  cards
Conservation Units
Learn lecture 2 content
8  cards
What to prioritise - species level
Why prioritise,
Taxonomically unique species,
Compare species taxonomy by
23  cards
Site Prioritisation
Sites are normally a conservation...,
Prioritisation scales,
Global scale prioritisation strat...
24  cards
Small Population Paradigm
Small population characteristics,
Reasons why populations are vulne...,
Environmental stochasticity
16  cards
Directed reading names, years and journals
Are global conservation efforts s...,
Assisted colonisation,
Are bioclimatic envelope models u...
31  cards
Declining Population Paradigm
Differences between spp and dpp,
Applying dpp to already small pop...,
Spp and dpp acting together
15  cards
Surveys and Monitoring
Methods involved,
Territory mapping,
Mark and recapture re sighting
9  cards
Marine ecosystem and human impacts
The impacts,
Land based impacts,
Commercial activity taking place ...
10  cards
Barriers to marine conservation
Main threats to ecosystems,
Possible solutions universal and ...,
The barriers to conservation
7  cards
Enforcing the rules of marine issues
Methods,
Catch control,
Individual quotas
11  cards
Ecosystem management and approach
How it works,
Protecting marine habitats,
Issues with mpas
4  cards
Aquaculture and take home marine conservation messages
Aquaculture what it is,
Costs of aquaculture,
Solutions to aquaculture problems
6  cards
The disciplines of conservation
Iucn red list index,
Economics and their driven declines,
Not sustainable but economically ...
12  cards
Biological aspects of crisis management
Crisis management,
5 general biological principles o...,
Critical biodiversity composition...
10  cards
Climate change - range shifts
Greenhouse gases,
Evidence that cc is human lead,
Abiotic impacts
12  cards
Predicting range shifts
Bioclimatic envelope model princi...,
General findings of models for 10...,
Problems with the model
10  cards
Climate change - Demongraphic mechanisms
Mechanisms matter,
Mechanistic models include,
3 types of mechanisms
9  cards
Phenological shifts
What are phenological shifts mode...,
Phenology at community level trop...,
Times of breeding to match food a...
7  cards

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