代写5SSG2024 Biogeography & Ecology 2022代写数据结构语言

BA/BSc GEOGRAPHY EXAMINATION

5SSG2024 Biogeography & Ecology

Period 2 (May/June 2022)

Please answer TWO of the following six questions

1.      Describe the main mechanisms of succession. Giving examples, explain the difference between primary and secondary succession?

2.      How can the MacArthur-Wilson theory of island biogeography support biodiversity conservation objectives?

3.      Explain, with relevant examples, how vicariance and dispersal processes have contributed to the current and historical distribution of organisms.

4.      What are the implications of a reduction in species biodiversity within an ecosystem and how might biodiversity be measured?

5.     “Zoos are the problem, not the solution to animal conservation” (Prideaux, 2016). Discuss and give your arguments for and against the  existence of zoos in modern society.

6.     What important factors control large-scale biome distributions? Discuss the various human activities that are influencing this pattern.