APES 18 Flashcards
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| 13512491221 | Threatened species (IUCN) | According to the International Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN), species that have a high risk of extinction in the future. |  | 0 |
| 13512491222 | Near-threatened species | Species that are very likely to become threatened in the future. | | 1 |
| 13512491223 | Least concern species | Species that are widespread and abundant. | | 2 |
| 13512491224 | Intrinsic value | Value independent of any benefit to humans. | 3 | |
| 13512491225 | Instrumental value | Worth as an instrument or a tool that can be used to accomplish a goal. | 4 | |
| 13512491226 | Provision | A good that humans can use directly. | 5 | |
| 13512491227 | Native species | Species that live in their historical range, typically where they have lived for thousands or millions of years. | 6 | |
| 13512491228 | Exotic species | A species living outside its historical range. Also known as Alien species. | 7 | |
| 13512491229 | Alien species | A species living outside its historical range. Also known as Exotic species. | 8 | |
| 13512491230 | Invasive species | A species that spreads rapidly across large areas. |  | 9 |
| 13512491231 | Lacey Act | A U.S. act that prohibits interstate shipping of all illegally harvested plants and animals. | 10 | |
| 13512491232 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) | A 1973 treaty formed to control the international trade of threatened plants and animals. | 11 | |
| 13512491233 | Red List | A list of worldwide threatened species. | 12 | |
| 13512491234 | Marine Mammal Protection Act | A 1972 U.S. act to protect declining populations of marine mammals. | 13 | |
| 13512491235 | Endangered species | A species that is in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. |  | 14 |
| 13512491236 | Convention on Biological Diversity | An international treaty to help protect biodiversity. |  | 15 |
| 13512491237 | Edge habitat | Habitat that occurs where two different communities come together, typically forming an abrupt transition, such as where a grassy field meets a forest. |  | 16 |
| 13512491238 | Biosphere reserve | Protected area consisting of zones that vary in the amount of permissible human impact. |  | 17 |
| 13512491239 | inbreeding depression | when individuals with similar genotypes - typically relatives - breed with each other and produce offspring that have an impaired ability to survive and reproduce | 18 |