Chapter 1

Question 1

goals of conservation biology

Answer 1

• Document full range of biodiversity
• Understand human effects of species, genetic variation, and ecosystems
• Develop methods in preventing extinction events and restore communities to their prospective ecosystem functions

Question 2

Environmentalism

Answer 2

political and educational activism with goal of protecting the environment
(not science based)

Question 3

What is growing that impacts natural resources

Answer 3

• resouce consumption from industrialization, demand for resources
• growing economy unsustainably

Question 4

Emerson

Answer 4

Saw natural as a temple that bridges natural and spiritual world

Question 5

Thoroeau:

Answer 5

advocate for nature, agreed with Emerson but saw Christians tear down natural world

Question 6

Pinchot

Answer 6

Greatest good for greatest amount of people for greatest amount of time

• resource use management: Proper use of resources to support human population for the longest amount of time

Sustainable Development

Question 7

Leopold

Answer 7

• People are part of the system
• illustrated the interrelatedness of living things and their environment, promoting the idea that the most important goal of conservation is to maintain the health of natural ecosystems and ecological process
• Land Ethic

Question 8

Carson

Answer 8

published book that brought awareness to pesticides and educated on complexity of nature
- Silent Spring

Question 9

Muir

Answer 9

preservationist ethic- natural areas have spiritual value that’s more important than what can be gained from whatever material gain

Question 10

Land ethic

Answer 10

looking at ecosystem as whole and we are morally responsible to protect it

Question 11

Ecosystem Management

Answer 11

Combination of Carson, Leopold, and Pinchots ideas