✅(Keywords)(Chapter 13) Wolves Flashcards
Ethic that prioritise human over nature
Anthropocentrism
Aka “top carnivores”. They are at the top of trophic level
Apex predators
Estimated average rate of extinction over geologic time
Background extinction rate
A measure of the health of the environment by taking into account the variety of life forms in a region
Biodiversity
A branch of biology that focuses on maintaining biodiversity
Conservation biology
An environmental ethic that prioritise nature over humans
Ecocentrism
The branch of philosophy dealing with morality and how human activities impacts the world
Ethics / ethical
A crisis occurring due to an anthropocentric view
Extinction crisis
The socially agreed characteristics of behaviour associated with men
Masculinity
Management of environmental conditions, goods, or services for social goals
Natural resource management
Policy that aims to protect and to improve the natural environment
NEPA (The national environmental policy act of 1970)
The specific role or function of an organism within its environment
Niche
A practice of conservation to restore wildlife, it often involves reintroduction or restoration of large predators to ecosystems
Rewilding
individuals, groups, or organizations that have an interest in or are affected by the outcomes of a project, decision, or organization
Stakeholders
The conservation of resources so that they will still be available for future generations
Sustainability
The effects on (higher or lower) trophic levels after the elimination or reduction in numbers of individuals in one trophic level
Trophic cascades
A position in the food chain or food web, representing the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem. Each level indicates how an organism obtains its energy, with energy flowing from one level to the next.
Trophic levels
