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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory came from the research that had been performed in Aru?

2. Where does Quammen say the theory of island ecology now applies?

3. Whose reactions does Quammen record, in relation to Bedo's death?

4. What does Quammen believe happened to Bedo?

5. What was going to happen to the species' habitat as the Texas plan was implemented?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do genetics play a role in the minimum viable population?

2. What was the practical example of species management Quammen cited from Texas?

3. What factors affected the populations on an island, according to 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

4. What is Quammen doing at the end of the book?

5. What did people argue over in the wake of Simberloff and Abele's 1976 article?

6. How did Carl Jones save the Mauritius kestrel?

7. What did Simberloff and Abele propose as a result of their data?

8. What experiment took place in the Florida Keys?

9. What did MacArthur and Wilson argue in 'An Equilibrium Theory of Insular Zoogeography'?

10. How did Krakatau serve as evidence for MacArthur and Wilson's thesis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the scientific methods used to measure and assess island biogeography. What do we gain by way of insight and understanding? What patterns or trends does the data fail to account for?

Essay Topic 2

If you were in charge of protecting the maximum number of species in your region, would you create one large nature reserve, or a number of smaller reserves? Use arguments from the book as well as descriptions of local wildlife in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of 'The Song of the Dodo'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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