who described the hopeless case of the Mauritius Kestrel as "a bag of bones"
Who is Carl Jones (544)
100
The gradual lightening of the genetic load by purging harmful alleles from the gene pool.
What is chronic inbreeding (568)
100
which one of Gilpin's 4 vortices has had the biggest impact on the Muriqui population.
What is the fragmentation vortex (587)
100
Who wrote the Malay Archipelago?
Who is Alfred Wallace (608)
100
The reservoir project called Stacy Dam, threatened the habitat space of this species.
What is the Concho water snake (Nerodia barteri paucimaculata) (592)
200
The kestrel's didn't mind Jones and Lewis tampering with their eggs and nests, perhaps due to this common characteristic developed over time in island species.
What is ecological naivete (561)
200
a method of weaning a captive bird off human supplied food as the bird learns to hunt
What is "hacking" (556)
200
what is the main hypothesis given for the reason why the males did not show aggressive or competitive behaviors during mating rituals?
sperm competition hypothesis
200
He stated that there is an omnipotent,intrusive creator with the mentality of a parlor magician
Who is the Duke of Argyll (610)
200
A regional delicacy with a rich custardy taste and the smell of an unventilated gym locker room.
What is Durian fruit? (614)
300
what is the official national emblem of Mauritius
a crest flanked by a dodo and a stag (561)
300
a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center
What is a vortex (572)
300
most surviving Muriqui populations reside within protected reserves or public parks. what was unique about the location of the population Karen Strier studied at montes claros?
It was located on a coffee plantation and surrounded by coffee fields and pastures.(576)
300
"if not drink my tea, you are not my friend"
Who is Joel Gaite (619)
300
The Dutch missionaries prefer this ontop of their Protestant church.
What is a rooster-shaped wind-vane? (622)
400
name three causes that led to the decline in the kestrel population (there are many to choose from)
the process of answering the question "can these suckers survive, or are they toast?" -based off the differing realities of a species and their particular contexts
What is population viability analysis (PVA)
400
o mono carvoeiro is Portuguese for....
What is charcoal monkey (574-575)
400
one of the most inaccessible spots on Earth
What is Aru? (612)
400
Indonesian word for birds of paradise.
What is Cenderawasih? (616)
500
In what location of Mauritius did the last handful of kestrel's survive? and why?
Black river gorges -no pesticide spraying because the area was uninhabited by humans (553)
500
According to Soule and Gilpin, this means the distributional status of one subspecies.
What is turnover? (597)
500
how to Murqui populations avoid inbreeding depression?
adolescent females disperse to join new group
500
If the Dutch East India company purchased this Island it would be like buying park place while already owning boardwalk.
What is the island of Run (614)
500
This boat looked like a motorized replica of a Buginese schooner.