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What is 85%?
___ Percent of endangered and threatened species are listed as such because of habitat loss.
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What is the use of planting trees?
This is a restoration technique for mitigating eroding shorelines.
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What is Habitat Destruction?
The number one reason for an organism to become endangered.
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What is Urban Development?
An anthropogenic cause for habitat loss
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What is Channelization?
This structural change to a water system will cause the flow to increase in speed.
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What is a hydroelectric dam?
This was the cause of the extinction of the Kihansi Spray Toad from it's natural habitat?
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What is Conservation Biology?
The synthetic discipline that applies biological principles to the maintenance of biodiversity
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What is Salmonid or Galaxid?
A common fresh water fish sensitive to temperature changes.
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What is Climate Change?
A global issue leading to warmer water.
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What is Physical transformation?
A change in temperature or flow of water that can negatively impact a habitat.
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What is Secondary Succession?
This occurs when an existing ecosystem recovers from a disturbance.
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What is Land Ethic?
The ideology that humans have an ethical responsibility to preserve nature.
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What is positive, negative?
The coral reef article found that - after 6 weeks of observation, fragmentation had _______ effects for damselfish and 75% removal of coral had ________ effects.
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What is an increase in impermeable surfaces?
Leads to warmer waters, pollution and increased flow in a water system.
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What is Chemical Transformation?
This transformation can occur directly or indirectly.
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What is endemic?
Highly _________ taxa are most susceptible to extinction.
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What is Species-Based Conservation?
This method of conservation has a tightly-focused goal of preserving specific targeted endangered species.
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What are local and regional?
Urban Development article highlights importance of considering _______ and ______ factors when taking on conservation projects.
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What is Forest Fires or Volcanoes?
An event known to wipe out kilometres of habitat.
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What is soil erosion?
This is caused by increased water flow and can lead to degradation of aquatic habitat and land subsidence.
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What is Erika Rose and Ryan Latendre?
The first and last names of the two people giving this presentation.
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What is the Minimum Viable Population?
A reserve or protect habitat must be large enough to support the _______ ________ _________.
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What is Southest Asia?
This region of rapid economic development has limited environmental regulations, causing it to be a major source of pollutants.
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What is Fragmentation?
Alteration of a habitat resulting in spatial separation or discontinuity in an environment.
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What is Cows (Their manure)?
This terrestrial species with the help of bacteria can have a major impact on oxygen levels in rivers, leading to an unsustainable habitat for fish.
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