BIO 3115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alpha Diversity, Inverse Relation, Beta Diversity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 3115
• Professor: Scott Findlay

Document Summary

This is an example of question that will be found on midterm 1. The extent to which protected areas help to conserve biodiversity in surrounding landscapes. One concern is the effect on the biodiversity of bees who are largely responsible for pollination of many agricultural crops, especially in the tropics. A(cid:373)pled (cid:271)ee (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity at (cid:1005)6 differe(cid:374)t far(cid:373)s i(cid:374) belize i(cid:374) t(cid:449)o differe(cid:374)t (cid:862)dista(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:449)ay fro(cid:373) a (cid:374)ear(cid:271)y prote(cid:272)ted area(cid:863) (cid:272)lasses: < (cid:1006)k(cid:373), > (cid:1005)(cid:1004) k(cid:373) (cid:894)8 i(cid:374) ea(cid:272)h(cid:895) Sampled 7 different sites of different sizes (in ha. ) within the protected area. S = number of different bee species at site. Overlap= proportion of species sampled at the site that are found in at least one other site: this is a measure of b-diversity. If overlap is high, beta diversity is low. Table 2. 1: farms in proximity to protected area. Connected = whether the farm is connected to other farms by a natural vegetation corridor.