Population Ecology/Biodiversity Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. the protection and management of natural resources like land, water, and wildlife
  2. 8. an organism that reflects the health of its environment because it is sensitive to changes like pollution or habitat loss
  3. 9. the study of populations in relation to their environment, focusing on how factors like birth rates, death rates, immigration, and emigration affect a population's size, density, and distribution over time
  4. 11. differences in DNA among individuals within a species or population
  5. 13. the disappearance of a species from Earth
  6. 14. the variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities; also called biological diversity
Down
  1. 1. the division of a habitat into smaller patches
  2. 2. a species that is at serious risk of extinction
  3. 3. the largest population a given environment can support
  4. 4. a species that is found in one area of the world
  5. 5. a species that has a strong or wide-ranging impact on a community
  6. 6. the number or variety of species in the world or in a particular region
  7. 8. a nonnative species that spreads widely in a community
  8. 10. a characteristic of the environment that restricts population growth
  9. 12. plants, animals, or other organisms that evolved naturally in a specific region or ecosystem over a long period and are adapted to its local conditions