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- corridors
- narrow strips of intermediate habitat that, while not optimum for residence, allow members of a species to disperse from one patch to another more easily
- Bioremediation
- The use of living organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems
- habitat edges
- the portion of a habitat patch that immediately borders another, so that its physical characteristics do not completely match the interior of its own patch.
- endangered
- A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range
- declining-population approach
- A proactive approach to species conservation that focuses on detecting, diagnosing and preventing population declines in order to keep the population above a minimum viable size.
- Augmentation
- A research method that helps set the stage for recolonization by native species which can then overgrow the exotic plant
- fragmentation
- the emergence of discontinuities in an organism's preferred environment, including reduction in total habitat area, increased edge habitat, isolation of habitat patches, and reduction of the average size of patches
- sustainable development
- The long-term prosperity of human societies and the ecosystems that support them
- small-population approach
- An approach to species conservation concerned with the factors that drive a small population to extinction, such as genetic drift, inbreeding, etc.
- threatened species
- A species that is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
- Zoned reserves
- An extensive region of land that includes one or more areas undisturbed by humans surrounded by lands that have been changed by human activity and are used for economic gain
- gap analysis
- Research method used to study the distribution of organisms relative to landscpae features and habitat types
- Landscape ecology
- The application of ecological principles to the study of land-use patterns; the scientific study of the biodiversity of interacting ecosystems