About Lesson
a) Rainfall:
- Influences the composition of the flora and fauna.
b) Overexploitation:
- Poses the most immediate threat to large animals that reproduce slowly, including elephants, antelopes, rhinoceroses, jaguars and primates.
c) Habitat Loss:
- Cause direct loss of species and increased threat of global warming.
d) Invasive Species:
- pose a threat to biodiversity when they possess adaptations that help them out-compete, prey upon or interbreed with native species in their new ecosystem, especially in isolated ecosystems such as islands or freshwater habitats.
e) Climate Change:
- Influences the kinds of organisms that have adapted to each ecosystem.
- Jeopardize food and water sources, negatively impact breeding and nesting habits, change species’ geographic ranges, increase drought in some areas and flooding in others, alter competition patterns in species.
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