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Biodiversity and Conservation

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61.

The species diversity of plants (22 per cent) is much less than that of animals (72 per cent). What could be the explanations to how animals achieved greater diversification?

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62. Can you think of a situation where we deliberately want to make a species extinct ? How would you justify it ?

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63. Give an account of latitudinal gradients of biodiversity.

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64. What is Bioprospecting?

Bioprospecting is exploring molecular, genetic and species-level diversity for products of economic importance.

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65. Explain effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity.

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66. How is introduction of exotic species leading to endangering the species ?

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67. Name the three categories of the reasons of conserving the biodiversity.

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68. What is the significance of the slope of regression in a species-area relationship ?

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69. What are major causes of species losses in a geographical area ?

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70. How is biodiversity important for ecosystem functioning ?

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