APES Ch 6 Flashcards

5637418774	biota	The sum total of all organisms. The term usually is applied to the settings of natural ecosystems.	0
5637418775	biological wealth	The life sustaining combination of commercial, scientific, and aesthetic values imparted to a region by its biota.	1
5637418776	biodiversity	The variety of living things found in the natural world. The concept usually refers to the different species but also includes ecosystems and the genetic diversity within a given species.	2
5637418777	instrumental value	The value that living organisms or species have by virtue of their benefit to people; the degree to which they benefit humans.	3
5637418778	intrinsic value	The value that living organisms or species have in their own right; in other words, organisms and species do not have to be useful to have value.	4
5637418779	genetic bank	The concept that natural ecosystems with all their species serve as a repository of genes that may be drawn upon to improve domestic plants and animals and to develop new medicines.	5
5637418780	ecotourism	The enterprises involved in promoting tourism of unusual or interesting ecological sites.	6
5637418781	endemic species	A species that is found in only one habitat and that is therefore vulnerable.	7
5637418782	HIPPCO	An acronym for the major threats to biodiversity: Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, Population, Climate change and Overexploitation.	8
5637418785	pollution	The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that because of its chemical composition or quantity, prevents the functioning of natural processes and produces undesirable environmental and health effects.	9
5637418787	climate change	Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades	10
5637418788	overexploitation	Practice of harvesting or hunting to such a degree that remaining individuals may not be able to replenish the population	11
5637418789	edges	Breaks between habitats that may expose sensitive species to predators.	12
5637418790	aquaculture	A propagation or rearing of any aquatic organism in a more or less artificial system.	13
5637418791	taxonomy	The science of identifying and classifying organisms according to their presumed natural relationships.	14
5637418792	Animal Damage Control	Act that allows the USDA's Wildlife Services to kill coyotes, mountain lions, and other predators responsible for livestock death or crop destruction	15
5637418793	Wildlife Services	Agency within the US Department of Agriculture that removes "nuisance" animals for landowners; the agency dispatches more than 2 million animals and birds annually.	16
5637418794	Lacey Act	(1900) Federal law that prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, accquiring, or purchasing of plants, animals or fish without a federal permit. Requires that we restore areas that a species was close to becoming extinct	17
5637418795	Endangered Species Act	(1973) Federal law that identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S., and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations	18
5637418796	Northwest Forest Plan	(1994) A series of federal policies and guidelines governing land use on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It covers areas ranging from Northern California to western Washington. Basically allowed limited logging and let science guide management.	19
5637418797	International Union for Conservation of Nature	IUCN An international organization that maintains a Red List of threatened species worldwide.	20
5637418798	Convention on Biological Diversity	(1992) International treaty that aims to conserve biodiversity, use biodiversity in a sustainable manner, and ensure the fair distribution of biodiversity's benefits. Signed by 158 nations at the Earth Summit in Rio, US has yet to become a party to the treaty.	21
5683692045	Ecosystem Services	Important environmental benefits, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and fertile soil in which to grow crops, that ecosystems provide.	22
5763857377	Anthropocentric	Interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values; human centered.	23