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Introduction to Natural Resource Economics. Protecting biodiversity Humans have set off a large species die-off, the largest in 65 million years (the one that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs). Causes:  Overexploitation (hunting, fishing)  Habitat loss (conversion of native habitat to agriculture, housing)  Pollution  Alien invasive species In the future:  Global climate change may accelerate extinctions

is a resource that can be easily recovered through natural process and can be used again and again. Water, air, and sunlight are some of the renewable energy resources. Even though these resources are in abundance, proper measures should be taken to prevent overexploitation of these resources. - Answer-Renewable natural resources are those resources that take time for Earth to replenish through its natural processes. Humans use these natural resources faster than Earth can replenish them. F...

Nres219 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Which of the following statements about change in communities is true? ? ?? Only biotic factors can be agents of change. Only abiotic factors can be agents of change. Disturbances create opportunities for some species to grow and reproduce due to the injury or death of other individuals. "Stress" and "disturbance" are interchangeable words that describe the same process. Humans are the only agents of change for biological comm...

Egocentric pure ecology & nature is central to humanity and emphasizes a less materialist approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of societies Technocentric believes that technological development can provide solutions to environmental problems Anthropocentric believes humans must sustainably manage the global system Environmental Manager believe governments need to legislate to protect environment and resources from overexploitation and make sustainable economics - humans have e...

Conservation Biology Midterm 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers what are the three parameters for biomagnification - answereach animal needs to be bigger than the previous one each animal needs to live longer than the previous one each animal needs to eat more than the previous one Island Rule (Foster's Rule) - answerbig mammals evolve to be smaller on islands and small mammals evolve to be larger demographic catastrophe - answera high mortality rate in a particular portion of the ...

Conservation Biology Midterm 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers what are the three parameters for biomagnification - answereach animal needs to be bigger than the previous one each animal needs to live longer than the previous one each animal needs to eat more than the previous one Island Rule (Foster's Rule) - answerbig mammals evolve to be smaller on islands and small mammals evolve to be larger demographic catastrophe - answera high mortality rate in a particular portion of the ...

ESRM 150 Exam 1 question and answers graded A+ 2023 latest updatewildlife - correct answer any animals living in a wild state (non-domesticated animals) Theories of Historic Extinctions (~80% of flora and fauna died) - correct answer Pleistocene Overkill Climate Change Historical Overexploitation - correct answer Ex: Hunting Passenger Pigeons to feed slaves Lacey Act - correct answer 1-900: Protects plants and wildlife prohibits trade in wildlife, fish and plants still in effect S...

What is an r-strategist? - r-strategist: Small organisms Short-lived Many offspring Limited parental care High juvenile mortality Exploit unstable environments What is the Pleistocene overkill? - The Pleistocene overkill is the excess hunting of megafauna, which killed its species as well as the predators that hunted it. What did Teddy do to earn his term in office being coined as the Golden Age in Conservation? - In 1903, Roosevelt initiated what was to become the National Wildli...

Ecosystem services - correct answer the benefits (goods and services) people obtain from ecosystems [MA 2005] Provisioning services - correct answer the products obtained from ecosystems (food, biological raw materials, freshwater, biomass fuel) Examples of provisioning services - correct answer food, biological raw materials (cotton, leather), biomass fuel, freshwater, genetic resources, pharmaceuticals Regulating services - correct answer the services of regulating climatic, water, bi...

biodiversity - correct answer the variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area three types of biodiversity - correct answer genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity genetic diversity - correct answer deals with the variation of genes inherited within a population species diversity - correct answer deals with the number of different species and the number of each specific species in a ecosystem ecosystem diversity - correct answer refe...