Wildlife an Society Definitions

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What is the definition of 'belonging naturally'?
Intrinsic
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What is the definition of 'operating from the outside'?
Extrinsic
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What is the definition of 'Perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms - regardless of usefullness'?
Ecocentric
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What is the definition of 'Regarding mankind as the central or most important element of existence'?
Anthropocentric
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A species that indicates a well plenished ecosystem is known as
Umbrella Species
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'The variety/variation of life + living things' is the definition for what?
Biodiversity
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'A species that is not extinct but so rare that it doesn't perform the ecological function it once used to (e.g. beavers, dam builders)' is the definition for what?
Functionally extinct
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'The expression of deleterious recessive alleles' is the definition for what?
Inbreeding depression
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'The number of species' is the definition for what?
Species Richness
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'Number of individuals in a given space' is the definition of what?
Abundance
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'Lack of monodominance' is the definition for what?
Evenness
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'Restriction in geographical range - existence in one place' is the definition of what?
Endemism
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'Diversity in one site' is the definition of what?
Alpha diversity
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'Diversity in whole region' is the definition of what?
Gamma diversity
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'Difference between habitats, the ratio between regional and local diversity' is the definition for what?
Beta diversity
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'A biological taxa between Kingdom + Class' is the definition of what?
Phyla
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'Based upon similarities in the physical or genetic characteristics' is the definition for what?
Phylogeny
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(Theoretical distinctions) '(list and perfectionist) - theories posit certain things that are good for everyone - regardless of their desires' is the definition for what?
Objective
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(Theoretical distinctions) '(hedonistic + desire fulfilment) - theories very different from objective' is the definition for what?
Subjective
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(Theoretical distinctions) 'Theories that posit that needs vary greatly between societies' is the definition of what?
Relative
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(Theoretical distinctions) '(thoeretical) - freedom from - prevent people from harming eachother'
Negative
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(Theoretical distinctions) '(substantive)' - freedom to - creates a responsibility to help those in need'
Positive
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Measures what happens in a geographical boundary is what?
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Focuses on citizens of a country whether they are home or abroad is what?
Gross National Product (GNP)
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'Keeping things the same' is the definition of what?
Preserving
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'Recognises changes in time and creating a solution' is the definition of what?
Conserving
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'The attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects and natural phenomena' is the definition of what?
Animism
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'The belief or worship of more than one god' is the definition of what?
Polythesim
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'People who enjoy green spaces but no biodiversity' is known as what?
Biophilia
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When a population size is reduced for atleast one generation, resulting in a reduced genetic variation, is the definition for what?
Bottleneck effect
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'The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a lager population' is the definition of what?
Founder effect
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'The death of the last surviving individual of a species, population or gene, locally or globally' is the definition for what
Extinction
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'The extinction rate that is normal in the fossil record' is known as what?
Background extinction rate
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'A sharp decrease of the number of species on Earth in a short period of time' is the definition for what?
Mass extinction
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MSY stands for?
Per million species a year
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What model shows that 'supposedly as income rises so does inequality/environmental damage but eventually the relationship reverses'
Kuznets curve
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'A philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology' is the definition for what?
Luddism
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'Valued for its own sake (regardless of its value to humans' is the definition for what?
Intrinsic value
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'Valued for the sake of something else (what it can buy)' is the definition for what?
Extrinsic value
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'Valuable as a source for food for humans' is the definition for what?
Instrumental value
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'Animals posses intrinsic value' is the definition for?
Zoocentrism
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Who would take a gradual approach - and slowly introduce ethics?
A reformist
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Who takes a black and white approach (its wrong to make animals suffer - there should be no slaughter houses)
An abolitionist
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Infantile features e.g. large head and big eyes, perceived as cute, is known as what?
Baby schema
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'All living things possess intrinsic value' is the definition of what?
Biocentrism
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'All living and non living things possess intrinsic value' is the definition of what?
Ecocentrism
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'The study of how individuals and societies allocate limited resources to try and satisfy their unlimited wants' is the definition for?
Economics
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'We use nature because she is valuable, we loose nature because she is free' - Sukhdev, 2013 is the definition for
Paradox of water and diamonds
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What does TEEB stand for?
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
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'Making nature values visible' is the objective of what?
TEEB
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