CB Midterm

Productive use value items are harvested and sold at market

Interspecific competition is between two individuals of the same species

What significant transformation in human history is associated with the Neolithic Revolution?

The defining ideology of the Resource Conservation Ethic is

Aldo Leopold was the main proponent of the Resource Conservation Ethic

An open access resource is

The shift in the range of marine phytoplankton spp. exerts a bottom-down control on higher trophic levels

Biodiversity is...

Understanding the relationship between economics and biodiversity is important to

A cost-effectiveness analysis

Environmental ethical arguments offer an independent framework that alone will be successful at protecting biodiversity

What is the order (smallest - broadest) of the levels of biodiversity?

What is not a factor that contributes to increased biodiversity?

There is an agreed upon framework for assigning value to ecosystem services

Which of the following is not one of Michael Soule's 4 postulates

Environmental economics and ecological economics are the same thing

The defining ideology of the Romantic-Transcendental Conservation Ethic is

Ligers are an example of an exception to the _______ species concept

Use values are differentiated by non-use values by

Flooding is the most common natural disaster globally

A biological community is defined only by the species present

The morphological species concept defines species by

Endemic species are defined as

Who coined the term biodiversity?

Globally, marine ecosystems are declining faster than freshwater ecosystems

The wolves in Yellowstone are an example of top-down control

Genetic diversity arises from

National parks are an example of

What is the defining characteristic of a keystone species?

An environmental impact statement is typically included in a cost-benefit analysis

"Nature is more than the sum of the independent parts, but rather a system of interdependent processes and functions"

BLAST could be used to identify species under what species concept?

Externalities are defined as

What does the characteristic of "resilience" imply in the context of a healthy ecosystem?

Modern day conservation biology is rooted in religious/philosophical ideologies

Consumptive use value refers to products consumed locally

Which of the following is true for non-consumptive use value products

Who was NOT one of the key leaders of the RTCE?

A limitation of the Shannon Diversity Index is

How is a biodiversity hotspot defined?

In general, species diversity increases as you move towards the tropics

Trophic levels are a reflection of

The carrying capacity of a population is determined by limiting resources in the environment

Which of the following is taken into consideration for ecosystem diversity but not community diversity?