Population Dynamics
Multiple individuals of the same species in the same
general geographic location
What is a population?
Causes a greater amount of edge per area of habitat
What does habitat fragmentation do?
The highly exploitative practice of large amounts of fishing for profit.
What is commercial fishing?
The continent responsible for bringing over species and altering ecosystems all over the world due to their goals of colonization.
What is Europe? (european colonization)
Filter seawater, act as nurseries, prevent flooding
What do mangroves do?
A specific lifestyle and or function of an animal that it has adapted to have
What is a specialized niche?
90% produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, destroying habitat for many species, unregulated
Convention of International Trade of Exotic Species
What is CITES?
Diseases that arise from animals and the can infect humans
What are Zoonotic Diseases?
Act as a key ecosystem for countless species, affected by climate change, aquatic
What do coral reefs do?
Birth rate, death rate, immigration, emigration
What determines population size?
Primary cause of biodiversity reduction
What is Habitat Destruction?
The maximum amount of fishing or harvesting of a population that ensures it is still a sustainable population size.
What is Maximum Sustainable Yield?
The most devastating species of invasive organism killing and causing the extinctions of amphibians all over the world.
What is Chytrid fungus?
Heavily affected by agriculture due to their flatness, large landscape
What are grasslands?
A group of close local populations fragmented but still in proximity to one another
What is a metapopulation?
The future loss of species caused by past environmental changes
What is Extinction Debt?
Half carrying capacity is the result of
When is the fastest growth seen in populations?
A disease affecting a famous Australian animal causing tumors to grow over its face spread by mating behaviors causing a decreased population size.
What is Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease?
Purify water, are important site for mating, flood control, sensitive to pollution
What are freshwater habitats?
Genetic Stochasticity
The percentage of land suitable for agriculture that has already been transformed.
What is 98%?
The largest exporter of wild flora and fauna (continent)
Who is Asia?
Between COVID-19, Ebola, Malaria, and Rabies, which is not a true zoonotic disease?
Nutrient dense, great habitat due to old growth, used for agriculture
What are Tropical Deciduous Forests?