Community Structure - Rainforest Trees Flashcards

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Equilibrium Model

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Balance of biotic factors

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Non-Equilibrium

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Balance of environmental conditions

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Keystone Predator

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are an example of a biotic interactions determining which species occur together in some environment

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How is high tree species diversity maintained in rainforests?

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One hypothesis is that species specific predation plays a large role in disperal (JANSEN HYPOTHESIS)

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Escape curve for trees

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species-specific diseases pests and predators find the adult and focus their search efforts for prey (seeds). Highest seeds mortality is near the mother tree

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As distance away from the mother tree increases survival ____

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increases

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Kapok trees seeds’ are ___

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wind dispersed

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Seed shadow

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As distance increases, seeds decrease

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9
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agoutis are ____

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scatter horders

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10
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Trees of the same species in the rainforest are ____

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highly sperated

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