Eco Flashcards

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1
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Instinctive falls under

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innate

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2
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habituation and classic conditioning under

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learned

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3
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Learning that can only occur during specific interval in animal’s life

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imprinting

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4
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taste aversion is

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classic conditioning

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5
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learning not to respond to stimulus

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habituation

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6
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Chemical serving as communication signal between members animal species

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pheromones

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7
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Benefits males females offspring

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promiscuous

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8
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do malemammals lactate

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no

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9
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social system in which resources and mating opportunities uneuqually distributed within a group

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dominane heirarchy

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10
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most of workers are sterile, some produce offspfing

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eusocial animals

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11
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benefits others at expense of individual

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altruistic bheavior

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12
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Alleles associated with altruism can be advantageous if the expense of rthis behavior to the altruist is outweighed by increases in reproductive success of realties

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William Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness

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13
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when resources are distributed evenly in enviro

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random dispersion occurs

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14
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births equals deaths

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zero population growth

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15
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limits pop growth and has greater effect in dense poulations

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density dependent limiting factor

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16
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arises regardlesss of the population size

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independent

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17
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R selected is

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opportunistic life history

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18
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K selected is

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equilibrial ife history

19
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favors traits allowing bearers to produce most offspring the most quickly

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opportunistic life history

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slowly reproducing

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equilibrial life historty

21
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Humans are type

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I

22
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benefits 1 species, neither helps nor harms the other

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commensalism

23
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one species living in another

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symbiosis

24
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Directional selection leads to

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character displacement

25
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drive weak to extinction

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competitive exclusion

26
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insets lay eggs inside another insect

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paranoid

27
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2 effects

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distance and area effect

28
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depict tropic relationships of species

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ecological pyramids

29
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what cycle

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biogeochemical

30
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gaseous plays big role

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atmospheric cycle

31
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Photosynthesis 
Respiration
Exchange
Land nd marine food webs
Sedimentation
Combustion
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carbon

32
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Organism crucial nitrogen cycle?

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Bacteria

33
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is phosphorous gaseous

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not mainly

34
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evergreen broadleaf trees

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tropical rain forests

35
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Broadleaf trees lose leavs

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deciduous forests

36
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boreal

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conifers

37
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nutrient enrichment aquatic

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eutrophication

38
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dry grassland to desert

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desertification

39
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hurt ozone

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cfc

40
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dinoflagellates

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color reefs

41
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obtain energy from vents

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chemoautotrophs

42
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cooler water, less rainfall

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la nina

43
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have trees

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savannas