basics🎀🏐 Flashcards

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term ecology coined by

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e.haeckel

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2
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father eco

father india

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reiter

ram deo mishra

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3
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organism
population
community
ecosystem

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lanscape
biome
biosphere

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4
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at organismal llevel

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physiological eco

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5
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local pop.
a set of pop connected by dispersing individuals
diff pop of same species at diff place

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demes
meta pop.
sister pop

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6
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endemic s

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kagaroo in aus.

meta seqoia in china valley

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7
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keystone species- maintain structure and balance

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lion in forest
kangaroo rat dessert
figtree in tropical forest

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8
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critical link species-mediator

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mycorrhizal

pollinating insects of flowers

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9
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community char.

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species diversity
dominance
stratification

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10
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species diversity depends on

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type of area- lattitude ,altitude

climate-temp[most imp], rainfall [2ndmost], light

type of soil

size of area more -species diversity more

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11
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dominance eg.

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prosopis in aravali hills

pinus in himalaya

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12
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stratification- forest [basis is light]

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max str/clear str - tropicla f

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13
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lake stratification

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  • basis light
    littoral zone [ecotone/ max divrsity p/r=1

limnetic zone [open h2o/ euphotic p/r>1

profundal zone [deep dark/aphotic/max heterotrops p/r<1

benthic zone[ disphotic/ submerged rooted]

basis temp-
epilimnion
metalimnion
hypolimnion

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14
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succession- biotic comm. r never stable

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pioneer comm.-1st comm. to inhabit a area ||| growth rate more, r selected species
climax comm. -is nearly in eq with environment |||growth rate less, s selected species
seral comm. -comm. that come bet both
sere- the entire sequence of comm. that succ change in a given area

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15
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sere

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pioneer +seral+ climax

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