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| Evolution accounts for life's ___ and ___. |
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| conservation biology and restoration biology |
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| the biodiversity crisis includes: ___ and ___. |
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| ___ integrates multiple fields to conserve diversity: ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics and animal behavior |
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| ___ uses ecological principles to restore degraded ecosystems. |
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| ___ contain the greatest concentrations of species and are being destroyed at roughly 90 acres a minute. |
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| ___ - some of the most productive ecosystems on earth - are disappearing because of mismanagement and sea level rise. |
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| Humans are causing a new mass extinction. ___ seek to counteract this. |
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| ___ is one thing we must protect |
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| ___ were recently rediscovered in Iran. |
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| An ___ is one that is in danger of becoming extinct |
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| ___ are considered likely to become endangered in teh forseeable future. |
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| The Hundred Hearbeat Club |
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| ___ are species that number fewer than 100 and are only heartbeats away from extinction |
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| Philippine eagle; Baiji: Chinese river dolphin; Javan rinoceros |
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| Name three members of the 100 Heartbeat Club |
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| ___ is the variety of ecosystems in the biosphere |
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| ___ are the ways that natural ecosystems help sustain human life |
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- purifying air and water
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- moderating weather, etc. |
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| Ecosystem services include: |
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| ___ has been the single greatest threat to biodiverstiy |
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| many natural landscapes have been broken up- ___ into small patches. this reduces biodiversity |
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| ___ are those that humans move to new areas. |
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| ___ usually disrupt their adopted community |
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| ___ is human harvesting at rates exceeding the ability of species to reboundk |
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| ___ is human harvesting at rates exceeding the ability of species to rebound |
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| the extermination of ___ can lead to major changes in communities. |
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| small-population approach |
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| the ___ studies how small populations become extinct |
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| a small population is prone to feedback loops that suck the population down a ___. |
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| Populations of the ___ were fragmented by agriculture and declining so scientists imported genetic variation by transplanting birds from larger populations. |
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| minimal viable population (MVP) |
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| The ___ is the minimum population size at which a species is able to sustain its numbers and survive. |
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| population viability analysis (PVA) |
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| A ___ predicts a population's chances for survival over time. Includes the MVP of a population |
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| One of the first population viability analyses was conducted on the ___ in Yellowstone National Park |
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| A ___ is a narrow strip of habitat connecting otherwise isolated patches. |
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| in areas of heavy human use ___ are sometimes constructed. |
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| corridors promote ___ and help sustain ___. |
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| A ___ is a relatively small area with a high concentration of endemic species and a large number of threatened species. |
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| the ___ model recognized that conservation efforts often involve working in landscapes that are largely human dominated |
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| Who is showing us good examples of zoned reserves? |
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| Zones reserves in the ___ islands are closed to fishing which actually helps to improve fishing success in nearby areas. |
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| most environmental damage is reversible |
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| Restoration ecologists assume that: |
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| ___ is the use of living organisms to detoxify ecosystems |
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| ___ uses organims to improve a degraded ecosystem |
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| ___ seeks to improve the human condition while conserving biodiversity |
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