PPT-How can humans cause population decline in other species?

7 billion and growing How can humans cause population decline in other species As dead as a dodo humans Mauritius dogs pigs cats rats nests forests Four ways humans can cause population decline are. EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION. A TROPICAL MURDER MYSTERY. Finding the missing birds of Guam. A TROPIAL MURDER MYSTERY. . Finding the missing birds of Guam. 12. At the end of this chapter you will know:. Dr Jared Wilson. Marine Ornithologist . Introduction. The Moray Firth wind farms. Estimation of effects. Acceptable . change. 1. Moray Firth Wind Farms. BOWL. 1 wind farm, 140 WTG. MORL. 3 wind farm, 186 WTG. Darwin realized that if those long beaked finches ended up on the nut island, and only two survived because their beaks were a little stronger, than they would probably mate with each other, since all the other finches were dead! . Brian O. ’. Meara. EEB464 Fall . 2015. BBC Monsters We Met. Barnosky 2008. Koch and Barnosky 2006. Barnosky 2008. Barnosky 2008. Koch and Barnosky 2006. Koch and Barnosky 2006. Koch and Barnosky 2006. Give an estimate of the current world population.. Can you think of any problems caused by an increase in human population? . Food, oxygen and water.. Quick Question. 7,253,730,323 (in August 2014). Increased demand for food, increased pollution ……. Significant ideas. A species interacts with its abiotic and biotic environments, and its niche is described by these interactions.. Populations change and respond to interactions with the environment.. Types of . Biodiversity. SBI3U. Recall: DICHOTOMOUS KEY EXAMPLE. 1. a. tail fins are horizontal—whale………………….go to 2. b. tail fins are vertical—fish……………………….go to 3. Chapter . 5. Key Concepts. Species . interactions. Responses to changes in environmental . conditions. Factors determining number of species in a community. Species Diversity and Ecological Stability. 5-1: How Populations Grow. What is a population?. . Group of individuals of the same species in a given area.. 5-1: How Populations Grow. Characteristics of Populations:. Geographic Distribution (Range). Recent Evolution in Humans. Evolution is very much still happening today — and it's happening to us.. Right here, right now.. Our genes constantly change over time thanks to the power of selection.. environment.  is the sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life. . conditions include living organisms as well as nonliving components such as soil, temperature, and the availability of water. Let’s look into what they are finding. . . What are the top three reasons biologists think Southern Resident Orca pods are in decline?. A lack of prey . Toxic contaminants. Disturbance from noise and vessel traffic. Good progress:. Define the term extinction. Explain how extinction may be caused.. Outstanding progress:. Explain that organisms become extinct because something changes and the species cannot adapt quickly enough to the new circumstances.. People have more . children. than are able to . survive. .. There are built-in population checks: . disease. , . famine. , and . war. .. Darwin based his theory on his own observations and the writings of Thomas Malthus..