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population ecology, behavior, and human impact (endangered species - in…

- - - - cohort- a group of individuals of the same age
- - - - stimulus- automatic response
    - - circadian rhythm - biological clock, including migration, and hibernation
  - - - signal- a stimulus transmitted from 1 organism to another
      - territorial marking
        
        foraging behavior
        
        migration patterns
- - - - biodiversity hotspot- any geographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction.
      - poaching- illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights
      - ecological footprint- the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
        
        extinction vortex- he process that declining populations undergo when”a mutual reinforcement occurs among biotic and abiotic processes that drives population size downward to extinction
        
        zoned reserve- -an extensive region that includes areas relatively undisturbed by humans surrounded by areas that have been changed by human activity and are used for economic gain.
        
        biomagnification- the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed.
        
        greenhouse gas- a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
    - - critical load- a quantitative estimate of an exposure to one or more pollutants below which significant harmful effects on specified sensitive elements of the environment do not occur according to present knowledge