Conservation Biology and Biodiversity

Recall cards on conservation biology and biodiversity: the biodiversity crisis (genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity; how many species exist and how many are named; the equatorial gradient, endemism, and biodiversity hotspots; the five mass extinctions and the present sixth; background versus current extinction rates; and the species-area relationship); the importance of biodiversity to human life (medicines from plants and animals; crop wild relatives and seed banks; soil organisms, pollinators and colony collapse, natural pest control, and fisheries); threats to biodiversity (habitat loss, overharvesting, invasive species, and climate change); and preserving biodiversity (DNA barcoding; CITES, the Endangered Species Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; nature preserve design and island biogeography; keystone species; and captive breeding).