Explain how the hypotheses of island biogeography can be used to understand problems in conservation biology
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Islands are isolated in terms of a geographical area. They also tend to be very unique when it comes to ecological and climatic conditions. As they are isolated, the evolutionary processes work at a different rate. This is due to the little amount of gene flow. Islands remain helpful as they allow us to understand that there are problems within conservation biology. The best natural laboratories can be on islands. They are there to study the relationship between areas and species diversity. This allows us to understand how different areas can be used to protect certain species.
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A nonprofit conservation organization receives a sizeable donation and decides to purchase several thousand acres of 'high desert' in southern California. This particular type of desert has an intermediate level of species diversity and few unique species. However, much of the original areas of high desert have been converted to suburban housing and shopping. The decision by the nonprofit to preserve this area was most likely based upon what conservation strategy?
A. Conservation of endemic species hotspots B. Conservation of representative habitats C. Conservation of megadiverse areas D. Conservation of single species
From which of the following fungi was LSD
first isolated?
a. Saccharomyces b. Aspergillus c. Ergot d. Morel e. Cephalosporium
How is the secondary response different from the primary response in terms of antibody concentration in the blood?
a. The secondary response is faster and produces more antibodies than the primary response. b. The secondary response is faster, but does not produce more antibodies than the primary response. c. There is no difference with regard to antibody concentration in the blood. d. The secondary response is slower, but produces more antibodies than the primary response.
The allele frequency of a population is the
A) sum of all genes in that population. B) number of different types of alleles in that population. C) relative proportion of a given allele in that population. D) number of all alleles in that population.