IB Biology Topic A4.2: Conservation of Biodiversity Questionbank

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Increased habitat heterogeneity and higher biodiversity

Higher short-term primary productivity from fast-growing plantation species

Loss of endemic species and habitat fragmentation

Reduced carbon storage due to lower biomass and soil carbon

Ocean acidification and loss of coral reefs

Targeted hunting for blubber and disruption of breeding grounds

Excessive algal blooms due to eutrophication

Natural shifts in ocean currents

Oil palm plantations increase the local genetic variation

Dipterocarp forests are monocultures and easily replaceable

These forests are ancient and host a high number of endemic species

Oil palm plantations have lower habitat complexity and fewer ecological niches