One cause of lack of genetic diversity in small populations.
What is inbreeding depression?
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
What is a species?
Drainage of this type of chemical is a direct cause of harmful algal blooms.
What is nitrogen, or fertilizer runoff.
This involves training people to protect local species, as well as educating them about sustainable resource management.
What is community-based conservation.
When a population shrinks, its genetic diversity decreases as though it is passing through this.
What is a bottleneck?
Antibiotic resistant bacteria would demonstrate what type of diversity?
What is genetic diversity
A species that is not native to a particular region.
What is an invasive species.
The current number of different crops 90% of all our food comes from.
What is 15?
This type of travel involves visiting wildlife hotspots and exploring nature.
What is ecoturism.
A potential new food source in the rodent family.
What are capybaras?
The range of estimates for the number of species on Earth.
What is 5-30 million?
This theory proposes that an ecosystem with high biodiversity is better able to survive disturbances than an ecosystem with low biodiversity.
What is the diversity-stability hypothesis?
One reason why it is hard to measure biodiversity.
What is small organisms, training, species looking the same, inaccessibility.
This type of pollution disrupts sea turtle hatchlings from reaching the water.
What is light pollution?