Definitions Flashcards
Phylogenetic classification
Classification of organisms based on their evolutionary relationship and origins
Species richness
Number all of all different species in a community
Index of diversity
Relationship between number all of species and the number of individuals in the species
When calculating index diversity was does the capital and lower case N stand for?
N= total number of all organisms of all species
n=total number all of all organisms of each species
Name the order of taxons
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
Spexies
What is a niche
The species role in an organism
Natural selection
Changes in alleles over many generations in a population
Climax community
Largest and most complex community
Community
All the populations of different species that live and interact and particularly area
Succesion
Process by which ecosystem change and adapt over time
Ecosystem
Community and non living components