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Habitat loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation, alien species invasion and co-extinction are causes for:
Which of the following is not a method of ex situ conservation?
In-situ conservation refers to:
Which of the following factors are included in 'The Evil Quartet', the four major causes of biodiversity loss?
Species Area relationship is described by the following equation: log S = log C + Z log A. In this equation, Z represents:
Endemism refers to:
Give the correct descending order of organisms with reference to their estimated number found in the Amazon forest.
The World Summit on sustainable development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa pledged for:
Match the organisms in List-I with their respective families in List-II: List-I: (a) Man, (b) Housefly, (c) Mango, (d) Wheat List-II: (i) Anacardiaceae, (ii) Poaceae, (iii) Muscidae, (iv) Hominidae
Which of the following regions of the globe exhibits the highest species diversity?
According to Robert May, global species diversity is about:
According to the observations of Alexander von Humboldt, what is the relationship between species richness and the area explored?
In the following, in each set, a conservation approach and an example of a method of conservation are given: (a) In situ conservation — Biosphere Reserve (b) Ex situ conservation — Wildlife Safari Park (c) In situ conservation — Seed bank (d) Ex situ conservation — National park Select the correctly matched sets:
The Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 was called:
Which one of the following is not a method of in situ conservation of biodiversity?
Which of the following is the most important cause for animals and plants being driven to extinction?
The decline in the population of Indian native fishes due to the introduction of Clarias gariepinus in river Yamuna can be categorised as:
Western Ghats have a large number of plant and animal species that are not found anywhere else. Which of the following terms will you use to notify such species?