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Biodiversity Definition
the number and variety of organisms found in a specific region
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Protect Definition
to legally guard from harm a species that is listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern
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Biodiversity hotspot Definition
a place where there is and exceptionally large number of species in a relatively small area
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Community Definition
all the populations of the different species that interact in a specific area or ecosystem
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Dominant species Definition
a species that is so abundant that it has the biggest biomass of any community member
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Keystone Species Definition
a species that can greatly affect population numbers and the health of an ecosystem
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Captive breeding Definition
the breeding of rare or endangered wildlife in controlled settings to increase the population size
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Ecosystem Engineer Definition
a species that causes such dramatic changes to landscape that it creates a new ecosystem
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Succession Definition
the series of changes in ecosystems that occurs over time following a disturbance
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Habitat Loss Definition
the destruction of habitats, which usually results from human activities
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Deforestation Definition
the practice of clearing forests for logging or other human uses, and never replanting them
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Alien Species Definition
a species that is accidentally or deliberately introduced to a new location, usually as a result of human activity
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Invasive Species Definition
a species that can take over the habitat of native or invade their bodies
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Overexploitation Definition
the use or extraction of a resource until its depleted
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Extinction Definition
the death of all of the individuals of a species
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Biodiversity Crisis Definition
the current the current accelerated rate of extinctions on Earth
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Restoration Ecology Definition
the renewal of degraded or destroyed ecosystems through active human intervention
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Reforestation Definition
the regrowth of a forest, either through the planting of seeds or trees in an area where a forest was cut down
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Biocontrol Definition
the use of a species to control the population growth or spread of an undesirable species
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Bioremidiation Definition
the use of living organisms to clean up contaminated areas naturally
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Bioaugmentation Definition
the use of organisms to add essential nutrients to depleted soils
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