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Summary - 4.2.1 Biodiversity

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Provides an in depth, comprehensive and high-yield summary for A - Level biology, specifically tailored to OCR A specification. These notes compile information from the official textbook, mark schemes, and class lectures into a concise revision resource. Includes: Coverage of all points on the specification for 4.2.1 Biodiversity Definitions for key terminology required by examiners Clear, labelled diagrams for complex processes

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Types of biodiversity Genetic biodiversity Human factors affecting biodiversity CHANGE
CLIMATE
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pollution-noise, air or water

species biodiversity -
species richness (no. determines how easily a
species can
adapt DEFORESTATION
- pollution can hill
species or
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a w
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of species in an areal or species evenness (no. to environmental changes habitat destruction/habitat fragmentation
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affect their ability to reproduce
of organisms in each species) FACTORS AFFECTING GENETIC BODIVERSITY permanent removal
of forest to provide wood, eutrophication -
hills marine
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embiodiversity-variety of alleles present, gedrift-random change of allele frequency
reduces species diversity if one species is
species
more alleles:
higher genetic biodiversity ↳ decreases biodiversity targeted ·
acid rain -

Pacidity of water t
↓ good sources soo animal species who
Bodiversity-no. of habitats in gene flow-alleles transferred betweenpopulations damages so rests
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an
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area by interbreeding -


biodiversity
increases must
migrate for good ·changing weather could affect
mutations increases
biodiversity AGRICULTURE future biodiversity
Sampling animals
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artificial selection-decreases biodiversity -
alleles for overharvesting exploitingprofitable
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ocean temperatures verophytes -


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random-equal likelihood of being unwantedcharacteristics depleting may struggle
chosen, lost to adapt
are species resources
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grid to select random coordinates
genetic bottlenech when large numbers of the population growing I demand to land
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uses a -

pop.
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die before to
oppoistic whatever is available
reproducing a biodiversity grow food
Reasons to maintain
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ratiletriated population split into sub ser
effect when a
few individuals of a
species monoculture biodiversity a
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categories and randomly selected colonise a new area-small colony: small variety of ·selection of
highest yield species biodiversity
systematic -
specific areas identified then alleles -
A biodiversity ↑ genetic
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Techniques to & good production ·

aesthetic-protecting
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natural

randomly selected MEASURING GENETIC
nea
a nre re a r n e
BIODIVERSITY e biodiversity -
mechanisation larger machines
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beauty - nice areas to live in

sampling has like human choice genes (have allele) food-scares off species
can
polymorphic more than one for more ·economic -d soil erosion,
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tourism,
lead to over or underestimation of proportion of polymorphic:number of polymorphic - gene Loci ↳>
removing hedgerows too-loss of sustainability, floss of
economically
gene loci total number
of loci habitat
populations valuable species, medicines for
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES Biodiversity using pesticides herbicides
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the future
Sampling plants
we
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poter-chamber with a lidt 2 destroys pest species food Sources ·ecological good chains pollination
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Conservation
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Lubes, muslin to pointquadrats
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frame placed in ↳
heystone species - loss of them
agreements
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prevent inhalation habitat and pins dropped in has a large impact on
biodiversity

only use for ↳ count what is touching each #IT in a natural habitat
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small in sects needle International Union for the Conservation ·
wildlife reserves -
controlled
menene n e a re we a r
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sweep net-walk through grass same quadrats area subdivided &tre grazing, reducing poaching, calling,
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hedgetuse net to capture into equal parts, place frame quadrat make Red List which details reintroduction of species
or a a a
every year
organisms -
List net to prevent and count what is in each square the current conservation status
of threatened marine conservation zones
w
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n erae
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escape ↳ used to measure abundance distribution + animals restriction of access, controlled
Pitfall traps-used
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to collect more quadrats more
=
reliable Convention of International Trade in Endangered
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fishing
beetles etc. ABUNDANCEEQUATION Species (CITES) regulates trade of wild plants
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EXSITU-removed from natural
e n
habitat
↳ don't
leave for estimated no. in no.
=
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of individuals in sample and animals protects over 35,000 species
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balgas-
time due of sample The Rio Convention contain plants / 1500
a
long population area
nea
a nre r
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topossibility of Earth Summit
involving 172 nations worldwide that house 10% of
·convention Biological the worlds
drowning Simpsons index of biodiversity
on Diversity -
requires species
Treebeating
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- catch what falls countries to be more sustainable ensuring the Zs employ captive breeding
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in a net after shaking a tree
D1 5() maintenance of
biodiversity programmes increase in global
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Kich sampling-scrape feet ·UN Framework Convention on Climate Change t
populations but doesn't
mean they
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along floor catch N total no.
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of organisms present convention to combat desertification help to stabilise are suitable to release into the wild
what is released n total
=
no. of organisms of each
greenhouse gas emissions and prevents transformation ·seed banks -
seed from a
nee

of fertile wide variety of plants

eg. larvae t species 0 (D <1 landinto desert are

fish hiding in rocks O =

no
biodiversity Countryside Stewardship Scheme/Environmental stored cold to preserve for the
Iullgrensmel-light attracts 1 infinite biodiversity
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gerdsmen
an future-dried frozen but not

bugs which fall into trap and LOW
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BIODIVERSITY focuses on
sustaining the
beauty diversity of the all survive
die ·

few species with
very specific landscape by improving, extending creating + habitats -tion-protection of
Lincoln Index-capture, mark, adaptations restore neglected land biodiversity
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release, recapture n number =
·simple food webs aim to
improve opportunities for countryside -

sustainability -
avoidance of
were
estimated n, x
he countedin ·

hugely affected by small changes enjoyment the depletion of batural resources

population
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each capture to environment

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