AP Biology Chapter 55 "Conservation Biology" Vocabulary
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| 94468886 | Adaptive Management | The use of the experimental method in trying several promising types of management to find out what works best. p1244 | 0 | |
| 94468887 | Biodiversity Crisis | The current rapid decline in the variety of life on Earth, largely due to the effects of human culture. p1224 | 1 | |
| 94468888 | Biodiversity Hot Spot | A relatively small area with an exceptional concentration of endemic species and a large number of endangered and threatened species. p1239 | 2 | |
| 94468889 | Bioremediation | The use of living organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems. p1242 | 3 | |
| 94468890 | Conservation Biology | The integrated study of ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and behavioral biology in an effort to sustain biological diversity at all levels. p1224 | 4 | |
| 94468891 | Declining-Population Approach | An approach focusing on threatened and endangered populations even if they are far greater than minimum viable size. p1236 | 5 | |
| 94468892 | Ecosystem Services | Function performed by natural ecosystems that directly or indirectly benefits humans. p1227 | 6 | |
| 94468893 | Effective Population Size (Ne) | An estimate of the size of a population based on the numbers of females and males that successfully breed; generally smaller than the total population. A more meaningful estimate of MVP factoring in the breeding potential of the population based on sex ratio of breeding individuals; Ne = (4NfNm)/(Nf + Nm) where Nf and Nm = females and males that successfully breed. p1233 | 7 | |
| 94468894 | Endangered Species | A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. p1225 | 8 | |
| 94468895 | Extinction Vortex | A downward population spiral in which positive-feedback loops of inbreeding and genetic drift cause a small population to shrink, and unless reversed, become extinct. p1232 | 9 | |
| 94468896 | Introduced Species | A species moved by humans, either intentionally or accidentally, from its native location to a new geographic region; also called an exotic species. p1229 | 10 | |
| 94468897 | Landscape | Several different primarily terrestrial ecosystems linked by exchange of energy, materials, and organisms. p1238 | 11 | |
| 94468898 | Landscape Ecology | The study of past, present, and future patterns of landscape use, as well as ecosystem management and the biodiversity of interaction ecosystems. p1238 | 12 | |
| 94468899 | Minimum Viable Population (MVP) | The smallest population size at which a species is able to sustain its numbers and survive. p1233 | 13 | |
| 94468900 | Movement Corridor | A series of small clumps or a narrow strip of quality habitat (useable by organisms) that connects otherwise isolated patches of quality habitat. p1239 | 14 | |
| 94468901 | Population Viability Analysis (PVA) | A method of predicting whether or not a population will persist. p1233 | 15 | |
| 94468902 | Restoration Ecology | A goal-directed science that applies ecological principles in an effort to return degraded ecosystems to conditions as similar as possible other natural, predegraded state. p1242 | 16 | |
| 94468903 | Small-Population Approach | An approach that studies the processes that can cause very small populations to finally become extinct. A population's smallness itself drives the species to extinction because of the extinction vortex p1232 | 17 | |
| 94468904 | Sustainable Biosphere Initiative | An research agenda in which the goal is to define and acquire the basic ecology information necessary for the intelligent and responsible development , management, and conservation of Earth's resources. Endorsed by the Ecological Society of America. p1244 | 18 | |
| 94468905 | Threatened Species | A species that is considered likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. p1225 | 19 | |
| 94468906 | Zoned Reserve | Extensive regions of land that includes one or more areas undisturbed by humans surrounded by lands that have been changed by human activity are used for economic gain. p1241 | 20 | |
| 94468907 | Sustainable Development | The long-term prosperity of human societies and the ecosystems that support them. p1244 | 21 | |
| 94468908 | Overexploitation | Harvesting by humans of wild plants or animals at rates exceeding the ability of populations of those species to rebound. p1231 | 22 | |
| 94468909 | Biological Augmentation | An approach to restoration ecology that uses organisms to add essential materials to a degraded ecosystem. p1243 | 23 | |
| 94468910 | Biophilia | a human sense of connection to nature and other forms of life. p1244 | 24 |
