ENSC 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Population Bottleneck, Passenger Pigeon, Thylacine

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENSC 320
• Professor: Ryan K Danby

Document Summary

Lecture 13: ex situ approaches to wildlife conservation. Ex-situ: preservation of components of biological diversity outside natural habitats. In-situ: preservation of components of biological diversity within natural habitat. Zoo: a garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition, a collection of living animals for public display. Aquarium: an establishment where aquatic organisms are kept and exhibited. Botanical garden: a garden often with greenhouses for the culture, study and exhibition of special plant. Institutions holding documented collections of animals and/or living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education. Log history, dating in some shape or form many thousands of years. Originally zoos were symbols of wealth and power for leaders of nations. By middle ages, zoos had become sources of public entertainment, owned by the aristocracy. Today zoos are centers for recreation, education and conservation. Their evolution has mirrored the evolution of our view of animals.