Select the three ways by which biodiversity loss can erode ecosystem resilience:(Please select three answers)
A. Decreases the amount of available freshwater
B. Reduces the diversity of genetic material
C. Increases the risk of wild fires
D. Reduces the number of species that perform the same functions (functional redundancy
E. Increases in the number of pollinators in ecosystems
F. Increases the vulnerability of ecosystems
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What must be considered when thinking about the process of biodiversity loss?Based on the video lecture, choose the two that best apply. (Choose the two that best apply)
A. Local ecosystem dynamics of a particular species
B. Annual seasonal changes in a particular region
C. Genetic diversity across all ecosystems worldwide
D. Functional diversity and climate change impacts on ecosystems
E. Regional impacts of removing one species from an ecosystem
Professor Rockström mentioned two key components of biodiversity: genetic diversity and functional diversity. Genetic diversity is diversity of the genetic code of a species, whereas functional diversity is…(Please select one answer)
A. …the diversity of functional coding process of the genome of one individual species
B. …the diversity of ecological processes that species perform in an ecosystem
C. …the diversity of a single species individual ways of performing a process
D. …simply an extension of biodiversity loss
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produces the basic science behind climate change, what is the equivalent for biodiversity?(Please select one correct answer)
A. Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity (IPB)
B. Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
C. Integrated global knowledge on ecosystem services (IGKES)
D. Global systemic science on biodiversity
What characterises sustainability science? i.e. Future Earth (Please select five correct answers)
A. Integrated research on sustainable development
B. It is inherently inter-/transdisciplinary
C. Explores solutions
D. Sees the value in science policy business partnerships
E. Sees human as separated from nature
F. Works with co-design and co-development of new knowledge
G. Operates within national boundaries
H. Exclusively addresses global problems, such as climate change and biodiversity loss