Chapter 56: Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology

fragmentation Edge effect nest parasitism of blue_winged_warbler by cowbirds. Upland Sandpiper, Henslow's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and Bobolinks require 125 acres; 50 acres for Dickcissel. Bison: herd of 20 requires 1000 acres. Springbrook Prairie 1,787 (1980), COD 18 acres.
introduced Nuisance Fish DVD Nuisance Fish DVD.
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.A_LimitsOfEndurance/#33:30 Brown Tree Snake.
Crown vetch.
overexploitation Pacific bluefin, southern bluefin; International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Also northern cod.
interaction Pteropus mariannus.
prairie_chicken from Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska.
red-cockaded_woodpecker Excavate nest cavities can take many years; breeding pair with 4 male helpers. Older, living pines suffer from red heart disease (fungus). Drill holes around nest, sap deters corn (rat) snake. Other southern woodpeckers nest in snags. Cockade = circular ribbon on hat - "stuck a feather in his cap" Yankee Doodle Dandy.
fragmented This is Amazon Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project.
hotspot Usually there is a bias toward vertebrates and plants.
yellowstone first National Park established 1872.
zoned Losses in forest cover discovered in buffer zone around all national parks; shade grown coffee.
restoration-europe France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland.
restoration-south_africa Aloe vera native to north Africa.
biophilia BIOPHILIA. Paleolithic=Old Stone Age Homo habilis 2.5 MYA - Pleistocene 10K BC.
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