Basic Ecology Flashcards
In a food web arrows point in just one direction because they show
how energy goes to the animals that is eating
Rocks, temperature, and water are what kinds of things?
abiotic
A harmless animal that looks dangerous is an example of
batesian coloration
Why are some frogs brilliant bright blue and red
it is aposomatic
Bird that always sits on a horses back and eat insects
mutualism
CONPTT
Consistent Observable Natural Predictable Testable Tentative
Survivorship Curve Type 1
Low death rate in young and middle age, but high in old
Ex: Humans
Survivorship Curve Type 2
Death rate constant
Ex: Squirrel
Survivorship Curve Type 3
High death rate in young
Ex: clams
Carrying Capacity
of individual organisms that can occupy a certain area
Density Dependent
Directly related to population
Ex: competition for food, disease, predation
Density Independent
Unrelated to population
Ex: stoms, floods, fire
G. F. Gause
No two organisms can live in exactly the same way in the exact same place.
Outcomes:
Natural Selection, Extinction
Aposematic Coloration
Stay away color
Batesian Mimicry
Copy Cat
