Threats To Biodiversity Flashcards
Bottleneck effect
Result of the wiping out of a significant percentage of a population and its genetic diversity, leaving it ill-equipped to adapt to environmental change.
Bottleneck event
Cause of the bottleneck effect, typically a natural disaster.
Conservation
Protection and careful management of natural resources.
Habitat corridor
Narrow strip of quality habitat by which a species can move between disconnected habitat fragments.
Habitat fragmentation
Formation of several fragments whose total surface area is less than that of the original habitat.
Introduced
Foreign species that has been cultivated intentionally or released accidentally by human activities.
Invasive
Naturalised species that has spread rapidly and has outcompetes native species.
Naturalised
Non-native species that has established itself within wild communities.
Overexploitation
Removal and use of species at a rate that exceeds their maximum rate of reproduction.
Recolonisation
Return to and resettlement in a habitat after local extinctions.
Result of the wiping out of a significant percentage of a population and its genetic diversity, leaving it ill-equipped to adapt to environmental change.
Bottleneck effect
Cause of the bottleneck effect, typically a natural disaster.
Bottleneck event
Protection and careful management of natural resources.
Conservation
Narrow strip of quality habitat by which a species can move between disconnected habitat fragments.
Habitat corridor
Formation of several fragments whose total surface area is less than that of the original habitat.
Habitat fragmentation
