anthropogenic era
The primary cause of most of the past mass extinctions
What is CO2
Human population in 2021.
What is ca. 7.8 - 8 million?
The smallest unit that evolves.
What is a population?
Smallest unit of biodiversity that we will discuss.
What is genetic/molecular biodiversity?
A common way to fund biodiversity an local conservation.
what is ecotourism?
Wiping out of over 75% of species on earth
What is a mass extinction event?
The country with the highest per capita every use.
What is the United States?
Two most important factors determining productivity.
what is temperature and water?
Tool used to make conservation decisions.
what is Diversity Index?
products with consumptive use value.
What are natural products?
The end of Permian period creating the Large Igneous Provinces.
What are LIPs
The person who "invented" conservation biology
Who is Rachel Carson?
Components of population demographics.
What are births, deaths, immigration/emigration?
The number of species in a region
What is the species richness?
Ecosystem process provide these three services
What are: provisioning, regulating and cultural values?
The first "line of defense" for CO2 mitigation by the earth.
What is the ocean
Conservation is a combination of these two general areas.
What is Resource management and basic science?
The gradient from the equator to the arctic describing productivity
What is latitudinal gradiant?
The proportion of species in an area.
What is species evenness?
The Science of traditional medicine
What is ethnobotany?
It is not only the amount of CO2, but also this.
What is the CO2 flux?
Most effective place that conservation starts.
What is grassroots communities?
The location where a population resides.
What is Habitat?
Species that maintains community structure.
what is the keystone species?
The important role of Thermus aquaticus in modern molecular biology.
What is PCR-DNA replication?