FUN(guy)
Why are fungi considered so essential?
Fungi aids in remediating soil, sequestering about a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions, and breaking down plastics and pollutants
Does human activity always lead to a decline in biodiversity?
No
This fraction of soil, made of decomposed living organisms, influences erosion control, water retention, aquifer recharge, and carbon storage.
soil organic matter (SOM)
This term describes non-professional, voluntary participants who collect data to answer scientific questions.
What is community science (or citizen science)?
Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity 101
What actions has Chile already taken to protect fungi?
Chile requires companies and government bodies to include fungi in environmental impact assessments, unlike in a lot of places, if found, then there has to be some protection measures in place.
Why is species richness a complicated measure of biodiversity?
Species richness can be a complicated measure of biodiversity because of varying scales (are you looking globally or locally? Within a mile or a whole county?
This 19th-century cultural movement influenced the idea of nature as “pristine and wild,” leading to conservation efforts that often excluded Indigenous people.
European Romanticism or Transcendentalism
This multi-agency project, established in 2012, monitors amphibians on lands managed for multiple uses in the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Rocky Mountain Amphibian Project (RMAP)?
when are decomposition rates the highest in California?
late spring/early summer
How have fungi contributed to human health and innovation?
Fungi plays an important role in making bread, cheese, soy products, wine, and beer. But mist importantly, Penicillium fungi led to the discovery of penicillin, which has saved millions of lives.
What does the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis suggest about biodiversity?
Species that are adapted to live in disturbed habitats (example weeds)
This global assessment provided a scientific basis for conservation and linked ecosystem changes to human well-being, but ties conservation too closely to capitalism.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
powerful indicator species because they reflect changes in ecosystems
What are amphibians?
what are our names
eliza, sabine, jess, nadia
How does the issue of fungal conservation connect to the legal rights of nature movement?
non-human entities like corporations enjoy the legal benefits of personhood. The gap that fungi has compared to plants and animals represents lack of education around the importance of fungi. Helping fungi is helping ecosystems.
Why is measuring biodiversity change difficult compared to measuring climate change?
Difficult to quantify biodiversity compared to climate change. Climate change has a very clear indicator (temperature) while biodiversity is not just one thing but can be a million depending on how it is defined.
These three dimensions of biodiversity?
Compositional, structural, and functional
Only this percent of community scientists volunteered for four or more years in RMAP.
What is 4%?
Where was the niche location Dr D Brain researched at 19 yrs old (if u were in lecture u get it)
ANTARCTICA and or GREENLAND, and or Siberia
How many fungal species have been assessed for vulnerability?
Only 0.4% of fungal species have been assessed for vulnerability. This highlights how neglected fungi are in conservation efforts, despite their major ecological roles.
Why are islands more vulnerable to species extinction than mainlands?
Mainland environments typically have larger range sizes, so even if populations decline, full extinction has not occurred, while islands are populated with endemic species who have no ability to deal with human induced changes.
In contrast to monocultures that amplify erosion, these farming systems emphasize soil health, nutrient cycling, and pollinator diversity.
Agroecological farming
The study concluded that community science can improve the sustainability of long-term monitoring programs through these two mechanisms.
What are collaboration and cost savings?
what does TA nicholas coach here at ucsb
MENS CLUB SOCCER!