[REN R464] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (56 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Renewable Resources
• Course: REN R464
• Professor: Rene Belland

Document Summary

Conservation biology: a scienti c discipline that arose largely because of an increased awareness and concern of:: 1. ) human population growth growth curve keeps going up and it"s not really going to stop. 2. ) accelerating extinction rates (biodiversity crisis) extinction? the act of extinguishing complete destruction or annihilation etc. extinction events? are natural are part of evolution (natural selection) estimated that 99. 9% of all species that ever lived are now extinct. 1606 black rats rst reported on the islands, 20 pigs introduced. 1640 dodo no longer found on mauritius mainland (due to hunting by humans and plundering of nests by introduced species ex. black rats and pigs) Causes of extinction the front running theories for past events: Impact events front running theories for current extinctions: Sea mink - extinct (hunting for fur) ex. ) Passenger pigeon - extinct (hunting, low repro rate) ex. ) Labrador duck - extinct (egg predation and overhunting) ex. )