APES in a Box: Endangered Species
1: Define Threatened Species: Threatened species are any species which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.
2: Define Endangered Species: A species whose numbers are so small the the species is at risk of extinction.
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
2: Define Endangered Species: A species whose numbers are so small the the species is at risk of extinction.
4: What are the characteristics of k selected species?
- Long life spans
- Few offspring
- Large offspring
- Good parental care
- Slow population growth
- Stable population size
- Short life span
- Many reproductive events with many offspring
- Little to no parental care
- Highly variable population size
- Potential for rapid population growth
- Usually k-selectors
- Usually specialists
- Reproductive problems of small population size
- Habitat preservation
- Legislation
- Breeding programs
- Education
- Endangered species act
- Lacey act
- CITES
- Convention on Biological Diversity