Categorii: Tot - preservation - environment - extinction - habitat

realizată de Ryan Ung 12 ani în urmă

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Extinction

Extinction

Extinction

3 Major causes

Species Introduction
Accounts for 39% of extinctions

Introduction of new diseases

Predation of other species

Increases competition

Hunting
Accounts for 23% of extinctions
Habitat destruction
Accounts for 36% of extinctions

Causes

Urbanization

Deforrestation

Overgrazing

Farming

Populations

The smaller the population of a species the more vulnerable the population is to extinction
Higher rate of extinction on islands than on mainland
Can cause fragmentation of a population
Decreases range of a population

Mass extinction

Periodic mass of extinctions where 35-40% of species go extinct
Last major mass extinction occurred 65 million years ago with the dinosaurs

Preservation

Genetic rescue
Hybridization with a closely related species

Can hinder preservation due to loss of species gene

Reservations
Protection of animal habitats and resources
Corridors
Connection of many fragmented populations

Increases chance to find mate

Translocation
Moving of a species from one habitat to a similar environment

Environment

Environmental change can make it harder to survive
Promotes speciation