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| The science of the causes of biodiversity and the ways to conserve it. It is a synthetic discipline. |
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| Nature's variety, including genes, species, communities,and ecosysems |
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-Prohibits federal agencies from destroying or adversely modifying habitat (on FEDERAL LANDS) that either Service declares to be critical to the species.
-Provides agencies with expert biological advice to help them comply with this mandate. |
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-Prohibits the "taking" (harass,harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound kill, trap, capture or collect) of any listed species.
-On state owned and private lands
-Plant's not covered |
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-Allows the Service to permit otherwise unlawful taking of a listed species if (1) the taking is incidental to, and not the purpose of the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity, and
(2) the applicant has devised an acceptable HCP that includes the steps the applicant will take to minimize and mitigate the impacts of the proposed activity on listed species and the funding that will be available to implement such steps |
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| Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) |
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-Voluntary agreements between the federal government and private landowners or state or local governments (non-Federal landowners).
-Awards an "incidental take permit" to unintentionally harm listed species.
-Must set up a preservation plan |
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| -Allows actions to happen on land that effects the habitat of a listed species |
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| Once an HCP is approved the landowner will not be required to accept new land use restrictions or financial commitments beyond those agreed to in the HCP (the Service(s) agrees to bear sole responsibility for all recovery efforts above and beyond that specified by the HCP). |
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| -Encourages non-Federal landowners to restore or improve listed species habitat and issues a “Enhancement of Survival Permit.” If habitat improvements attract listed species to their property, the landowners are exempt from ESA restrictions. Landowners are only required to maintain the habitat to sustain baseline utilization by species prior to enhancement |
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I-Impact of any population of humans
P-Population size
A-Affluence or per capita consumption
T-Environmental cost of technologies used to supply units of consumption |
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| -The area of productive land and water required to produce the resources consumed and assimilate the wastes produced |
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| Rules defining how persons ought to behave toward one another or toward other beings (morals). |
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A person or group’s attributes about what is worthy or important.
Anthropocentric – Regarding human interests as the only or the overriding consideration in ethics. |
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| View that humans are the center of everything, so we have obligations and responsibilities for everything. |
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| Regarding all forms of life as worthy of moral respect and consideration and viewing human beings as one species among others |
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| Ethically evaluating actions or policies in terms of their effects on ecological communities and ecosystems |
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| Advocates or practices the sensible use of natural resources |
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| Advocates allowing land and creatures to exist with minimal human interference. |
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| concerned about the impact of people on Environmental quality. Human-induced problems and human well-being are emphasized |
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-Romantic-Transcendental Preservation Ethic
-Has a spiritual underpinning |
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-Resource Conservation Ethic
-Has an economic underpinning |
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Evolutionary-Ecological Land Ethic
-Has an ecological underpinning |
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-Deep Ecology
0Has underpinnings from Asian traditions of thought, such as Buddhism |
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| -The genetic conditions necessary for the survival, reproduction and evolution of species subject to conservation efforts |
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| H and it's contribution to Conservation Genetics |
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H= Heterozygosity
-Proportion of gene loci that are heterozygous loci in an individual of population.
H=1 (100%) All loci are heterozygous
H=0 (0%) None are heterozygous (All are homozygous)
Heterozygosity is necessary for individual fitness and population viability. Allelic richness is necessary for species evolution (Part in Conservation Ethics) |
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| Assumption of H; Draw and correctly label it |
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| -Assumption: Any decrease in heterozygosity results in a decrease in fitness )Higher fitness--> longer longevity) |
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| Genetic Consequences of a Population Bottle Neck |
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1.)Loss of Heterozygosity (H)
2.)Loss of Allelic Richness (A)
3.)Inbreeding Depression (F) |
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| -Species develop "favorable gene complexes" (capable of high level of inbreeding)to maintain a specific gnome for a specific environment (Specialists) |
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| Be able to draw and label Demographic Transition Model |
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| Demographic Transition Model |
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| -Capable of high level of inbreeding |
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| -Decrease in fitness in mating between individuals of different populations |
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| 7 Characteristics that may predispose a species to become endangered |
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1.)Naturally Rare
2.)Specialists
3.)Low growth rate
4.)Restricted range distributions
5.)Clumped in space
6.)Geographic range occurs across international borders
7.)Part of international trade (Black Market |
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