Chapter 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ecological Island | An area that only one version of a species is. A place that one species rarely if ever comes into contact with another population of their specie. |
| Ecotourism | When people travel to a place because of a desire to view nature. Yellowstone. |
| Environmental Risk | Takes into account many factors such as the amount of predators a specie has in an area and competition with other species and help decide if an animal is endangered. |
| Genetic Risk | When a species genetically changes and this change puts the species at risk of becoming endangered. |
| Population Risk | Random change in growth rates. If less of the specie is being born, such a change could put the species at risk of becoming endangered or extinct. |
| Logistic Carrying Capacity | Point on a logistic curve in which births equal deaths and the population stays at a constant number |
| Maximum Sustainable Yield | The maximum amount of usuable resource that a population can produce. |
| Minimum Viable Populatiopn Size | The minimum population that a species can have and still have hopes of recovering. |
| Optimum Sustainable Yield | The largest amount that can be produced and used that over time will not deplete the resource. |
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