Biodiversity and Conservation

Question 1

Intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Answer 1

the highest species richness will occur at an intermediate level of intensity or frequency of natural disturbance because disturbance creates many habitats but does not drive many species extinct

Question 2

pioneer species

Answer 2

the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance- grow fast, short lived

Question 3

Intermediate species

Answer 3

grow moderately fast, moderate lifespan, dispersal

Question 4

Climax species

Answer 4

slow dispersal, long lived, tall/large

Question 5

Succession

Answer 5

process by which the community of species and habitat in an area changes over time

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

the variety and variability of life on earth

Question 7

Species richness

Answer 7

the number of different species in a given area

Question 8

Species evenness

Answer 8

the relative proportion of different species in a habitat

Question 9

Exotic species

Answer 9

not native to a region but were introduced relatively recently by humans

Question 10

Invasive species

Answer 10

introduced species that outcompete native species for space and other resources

Question 11

coevolution

Answer 11

adaptations that result from interactions between species over time

Question 12

Resilience

Answer 12

ability to recover from a disturbance

Question 13

Functional groups

Answer 13

groups of species that have distinctive structures and/or perform distinctive functions in communities

Question 14

coevolution

Answer 14

Adaptations that result from interactions between species over time, resulting in traits influenced by a history of competition, mutualism, feeding interactions, or disease.