Population viability: Bettong example | Earth Resources | meriSTEM
Channel: meriSTEM Education
Date: 2021-10-12

Shoshana Rapley (PhD candidate) from the Australian National University (anu.edu.au) looks at what population viability is and how it works in an example of the Eastern Bettong. This is part of a series of videos on how human activities affect sustainability.

This clip has been created by the Research School of Earth Sciences (rses.anu.edu.au). These resources are part of a comprehensive program, curriculum matched to the unit 'Unit 3 Living on Earth - extracting, using and managing Earth resources'.

This video touches on the following curriculum descriptors: 
Any human activities that affect ecosystems (for example, species removal, habitat destruction, pest introduction, dryland salinity) can directly or indirectly reduce populations to beneath the threshold of population viability at local, regional and global scales and impact ecosystem services (ACSES081)

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