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Chapter 1
What is threatening the coral ree...,
Conservation biology is sometimes...,
What is anthropocene
24
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Chapter 2
Community,
Ecosystem,
Population
31
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Chapter 3
What is a market failure,
What are externalities,
What paper discussed the misuse o...
24
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Chapter 4 pt 1
What is an ecological footprint h...,
What factors affect the impact of...,
About how much habitable land has...
27
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Chapter 4 pt 2
How does habitat degradation diff...,
How and why did ddt affect living...,
What characteristics should a che...
16
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Chapter 5 (Climate Change)
When you think about ocean curren...,
What makes saltwater more likely ...,
What is enso
38
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Chapter 5 (Overharvest-Over exploitation)
How does technology effect the ha...,
What changes as harvest of a spec...,
Can you provide several examples ...
19
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Chapter 5 (Exotic/Invasive Species)
Why did europeans introduce exoti...,
Why are exotic species deliberate...,
What are the most common ways in ...
12
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Chapter 5 (Disease)
How can captivity increase the ri...,
How might actions that limit disp...,
Why is fragmentation of habitat t...
12
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Chapter 6
Extant extinct,
Locally extinct extirpation,
Ecologically extinct
34
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Ch. 6 (Risk of small populations)
What are the three main factors t...,
How do you calculate the allelic ...,
What is heterozygosity is there a...
16
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Chapter 7
To be most effective in preservin...,
What does morphology refer to,
How might the distribution vary w...
35
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CH7 Legislation/ESA
What are the listing designations...,
What government agencies are char...,
About how many species are listed...
10
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CH9 Protected Areas
What organizations establish rese...,
What are some examples of protect...,
About how much of the earth s sur...
8
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Ch9 New Protected Areas
How do the species and community ...,
What criteria are used to pick sp...,
Which conservation approach is us...
12
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CH9 Designing Protected Areas
Recall island biogeography theory...,
What is the sloss debate,
Sloss which one allows for larger...
13
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CH9 Habitat Corridors
1 what are the potential benefits...,
How does a strip corridor differ ...,
How would you classify the corrid...
6
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CH9 Management
What is a landscape how does land...,
What factors may increase the nee...,
How is disturbance used as a tool...
7
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Group A Birds
1
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