Conservation Ecology

2. Harvesting by humans of wild plants or animals at rates exceeding the ability of populations of those species to rebound.
5. sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried by all organisms living earth today (2 words)
6. encompass all the processes through which natural ecosystems help sustain human life on Earth (2 words)
8. positive feedback loops where inbreeding and genetic drift draw a population toward a smaller and smaller size until no individuals exist (2 words)
9. uses organisms to add essential materials to a degraded ecosystem (2 words)
13. development that meets the needs of people today without limiting the ability of future generations to meet their needs (2 words)
15. A goal-directed science that applies ecological principles in an effort to return degraded ecosystems to conditions as similar as possible to their natural, pre-degraded state. (2 words)
18. An estimate of the size of a population based on the numbers of females and males that successfully breed (3 words)

1. a narrow strip or series of small clumps of habitat connecting otherwise isolated patches (2 words)
3. an extensive region that includes areas relatively undisturbed by humans surrounded by areas that have been changed by human activity and are used for economic gain (2 words)
4. variety of habitats, living communities, and ecological processes in the living world (2 words)
7. the minimal population size at which a species is able to sustain its numbers and survive is known as this (3 words)
10. Species that humans move, either intentionally or accidentally, from the species' native locations to new geographic regions (2 words)
11. The integrated study of ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and behavioral biology in an effort to sustain biological diversity at all levels (2 words).
12. a species that is "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range (2 words)
14. a species that are considered likely to become endangered hat in the foreseeable future (2 words)
16. the use of organisms to detoxify polluted ecosystems
17. the destruction of habitats that usually results from human activities (2 words)