9th Chp 10.3 - OUTLINE
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| CAPITIVITY | Methods to preserve individual species often involve keeping and breeding the species in __________.
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| CAPTIVE - BREEDING | Wildlife experts may attempt to restore the population of a species through _______-_______ programs.
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| REINTRODUCING | These programs involve breeding species in captivity, with the hopes of ________ populations to their natural habitats.
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| CONDORS | This type of program has been used successfully with the Californian ______, for example. But the question remains whether or not these restored populations will ever reproduce in the wild.
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| GENETIC | One way to save the essence of a species is by preserving its ______ material.
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| BANKS | Germ-plasm _____ store germ plasm in controlled environments for future use in research or species-recovery efforts.
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| ZOOS | In some cases, ___ now house the few remaining members of a species and are perhaps the species' last hope for survival.
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| AQUARIUMS | Zoos, wildlife parks, ________, and botanical gardens, are living museums of the worlds biodiversity.
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| RARELY | But, these kinds of facilities ____have enough resources or knowledge to preserve more than a fraction of the world's rare and threatened species.
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| DOES LITTLE | Ultimately, saving a few individuals ______ _______ to preserve a species as captive species may not reproduce or survive again in the wild.
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| DISEASES | Also, small populations are vulnerable to infectious _____ and genetic disorders caused by inbreeding.
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| LAST | Conservationists hope that these strategies are a ___ resort to save species.
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| HABITATS | The most effective way to save species is to protect their _________.
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| DISASTER | Small plots of land for a single population is usually not enough because a species confined to a small area could be wiped out a single natural _______. While other species require a large range to find adequate food.
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| LARGE | Therefore, protecting the habitats of endangered and threatened species often means preserving or managing ____ areas.
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| ENTIRE | Most conservationists now give priority to protecting ______ ecosystems rather than individual species.
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| MOST | By doing this, we may be able to save _____ of the species in an ecosystems instead of only the ones that have been identified as endangered.
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| PUBLIC | The general _______ has how begun to understand that Earth's biosphere depends on all its connected ecosystems.
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| STRATEGIES | While conservationists focus on the hotspots discussed earlier to protect biodiversity worldwide, they also support additional ________.
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| NATIVE | One strategy is to identify areas of ______ habitat that can be preserved, restored, and linked into large networks.
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| PRODUCTS | Another promising strategy is to promote ___________ that have been harvested with sustainable practices.
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| SERIOUS | Conservationists emphasize the urgent need for more ________ of the working of species and ecosystems,
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| 1973 | For example, in ___, the U.S. Congress pass the Endangered Species Act.
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| ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT | The _______ _____ _________ is designed to protect any plant or animal species in danger or extiinction.
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| BIODIVERSITY TREATY | The ________ __________ is an international agreement aimed at strengtheining national control and preservation of biological resources.
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| PRIVATE | Many ________ organizations work to protect species worldwide, often more effectively than government agencies.
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