Extinction Basics
What word describes the permanent loss of a species from Earth?
what is extinction.
What common human activity kills millions of animals each year?
What are vehicles
What is something you might see driving in Banff that acts as a crossing for wildlife.
What is a wildlife corridor.
What has caused extinction to speed up in the last century?
Human activity (habitat loss, pollution, climate change, etc.).
What time of day do most wildlife vehicle collisions happen?
Night/dusk or dawn
What are anti poachers
What term describes the normal, natural rate of extinction before humans accelerated it?
what is background extinction rate.
What happens when roads block animals from reaching new territory or mates?
Populations get isolated and may decline.
What was the percent of change in deaths in the 100 Mile House
the change was 260%
What process breaks large habitats into smaller, isolated pieces?
What is habitat fragmentation.
What is the long-term effect of a road splitting a habitat in half?
Reduced gene flow
What is a Saola (Asian Unicorn)