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Effects of Habitat Destruction, Domestic Dog Attacks, Bushfires and Road Accidents

The document discusses threats facing the koala population including habitat destruction, dog attacks, bushfires, and road accidents. Habitat destruction can isolate small koala groups, cut their home ranges in two, and cause overpopulation and starvation by removing food trees. The koala's arboreal lifestyle and specialized morphological characteristics like fur and claws have evolved to support their tree-dwelling existence and nutrient-poor diet of eucalyptus leaves. Historical fur trading also negatively impacted koala populations.

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Effects of Habitat Destruction, Domestic Dog Attacks, Bushfires and Road Accidents

The document discusses threats facing the koala population including habitat destruction, dog attacks, bushfires, and road accidents. Habitat destruction can isolate small koala groups, cut their home ranges in two, and cause overpopulation and starvation by removing food trees. The koala's arboreal lifestyle and specialized morphological characteristics like fur and claws have evolved to support their tree-dwelling existence and nutrient-poor diet of eucalyptus leaves. Historical fur trading also negatively impacted koala populations.

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Maria Patricia R.

Moran 3Bio6

1. Give 2 significant findings shared by the speaker. a. Reason for the increasing mortality rate of frogs: BD / Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis b. Fungus has different outcomes in different species 2. Choose a species or a taxa (animal or plant). Using your knowledge of morphological and ecological characteristics of this taxon, enumerate the possible causes, both natural and human mediated, that may lead to population decline or the extinctions of this taxon. How can this taxon be saved from extinction.

Koala!
effects of habitat destruction, domestic dog attacks, bushfires and road accidents

In clearing land we often cut through koala habitats, isolating a small group from the larger group, isolating one animal's home range from others, or cutting the marsupial's home range in two.

This can result in inbreeding, has the potential for overpopulation of the area leading to defoliation of the food trees and starvation for the marsupial. It also leads to stress which makes the koala more vulnerable to Chlamydia.

arboreal lifestyle have played key roles in the evolution of its specialized

morphological characteristics. - The koala's arboreal lifestyle, low metabolic rate, and low energy requirements can all be partially attributed to their nutrient poor diet of eucalyptus leaves. - paws, and its fur have all become highly specialized to support "lazy" life in the trees. - hey found that the insulation of the koala's fur was higher than that of any other marsupial. By closely examining the fur, they found that the dorsal surface of the koala was twice as dense as the ventral surface and much less reflective of solar radiation FUR TRADE

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