Conservation Biology Study Worksheets

The following worksheets are designed for your own study and are not to be handed in. They largely cover important terminology and concepts used in the Conservation Biology course.

Conservation Biology - Unit II Terminology Worksheet

Instructions: You may find it useful to write a definition of the following terms. Please refer to text glossary as well as to other sources to complete this worksheet.

sympatric -

allopatric -

cladistics -

synapomorphic -

plesiomorphic -

polyphyletic -

cryptic (sibling) species -

keystone species -

indicator species -

umbrella species -

flagship species -

Unit II Terminology Worksheet continued --

plasticity -

founder model (effect) -

genetic drift -

endangered species -

threatened species -

critical habitat -

heterozygosity -

species richness -

species diversity -

biomes -

point richness -

Unit II Terminology Worksheet continued --

alpha richness -

beta richness -

gamma richness -

primary productivity -

endemic -

vicariance -

megareserve -

mobile link species -

keystone mutualist species -

habitat fragmentation -

introduced (exotic) species -

synergism -

Conservation Biology Unit III Terminology

Please define the following terms or acronyms:

Fundamental Theorum of Natural Selection -

V_P -

V_g -

V_e -

V_ge -

H_t -

H_p -

D_pt -

fitness -

overdominance -

Unit III terminology continued -

effective population size -

deme -

metapopulation -

PCR -

50/500 rule -

artificial selection -

natality -

fecundity -

sources -

sinks -

rescue effect -

Unit III terminology continued -

PVA -

MAP models -

GIS -