Artificial Reefs Get Kelp Transplant
IMAS-Institutute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. (2015, April 15). Artificial Reefs Get Kelp Transplant [Video file]. Retrieved June 1, 2015, from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tl6tD8h9L4&feature=youtu.be
Humans, Biodiversity, and Habitat Loss
Biointeractive. (2015, April 8). Humans, Biodiversity, and Habitat Loss [Video file]. Retrieved June 1, 2015, from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drkFgHbcWY
Articles and Websites
- World Wildlife Fund. (2015). Impact of habitat loss on species. Retrieved from http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/problems/habitat_loss_degradation/
Habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species. The world's forests, swamps, plains, lakes, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for human consumption and cleared to make way for agriculture, housing, roads, pipelines and the other hallmarks of industrial development. - National Geographic. (2015). Marine habitat destruction. Retrieved from http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-habitat-destruction/Pollution, logging, dredging, draining of wetlands, and coastal development are all factors that lead to marine habitat destruction.
- Australia Zoo. (2015). Koala. Retrieved https://www.australiazoo.com.au/conservation/programs/endangered-species/koala.phpThe eucalyptus forests and woodlands of Australia’s east coast are disappearing quickly, with a significant loss occurring throughout our local area. Australia Zoo has identified the koala, an icon of this dwindling habitat, as an important conservation species.
- Lemeric, W. (2015, April 24). Leadbeater’s possum is now critically endangered due to habitat loss. Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.com.au/leadbeaters-possum-now-critically-endangered-due-habitat-loss-1442433The federal government has announced that the Leadbeater’s possum, Victoria’s state emblem, has now been included in the list of “critically endangered” species.
- Massive kelp forest experiment to beat habitat loss. (2015, April 20). Retrieved from http://www.imas.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/743441/Kelp-forest-IMAS-release-April-2015.pdfScientists have transplanted hundreds of kelp plants to artificial patch reefs in an experiment to test the resilience and stability of the important common kelp on Tasmania's sheltered east coast.
- University of Guelph. (2014, June 4). Habitat loss on breeding grounds cause of monarch decline, study finds. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140604203056.htmHabitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States -- not on wintering grounds in Mexico -- is the main cause of recent and projected population declines of migratory monarch butterflies in eastern North America, according to new research from the University of Guelph.
- Jenkins, M. (2012). Surrounded. National Geographic, 221(5), 126-143.
The article focuses on the threats that koalas face in Australia in 2012. Topics include the destruction of koala habitats in Australia due to development and population density, the decline in koala populations in Australia, and efforts to make areas koala-friendly. Information is provided on the threat of koala extinction due to disease and the loss of habitable eucalyptus trees. - Wilson, B., Valentine, L., Kinloch, J., Sonneman, T., & Swinburn, M. (2009). Chapter six: Habitat loss and fragmentation. Retrieved from https://www.water.wa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/4965/90261.pdf
NB: Search for page 267 of the PDF
Habitat loss from clearing is recognised as a major threat to biodiversity in Australia and throughout the world (Saunders et al. 1991). In Australia, clearing of native vegetation for agriculture and urbanisation has been extensive, particularly in temperate grassland, forests and woodlands (Burgman and Lindenmayer 1998; Hobbs and Yates 2000).
