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1
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what is ecology

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ecology is the study how organisms interact with each other and their environment

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what is the goal of ecology

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understand distribution and abundance of organisms

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what is ethology

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the study of character

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what did Niko Tinbergen study

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geese and egg retrieval behaviours and wasps have visual cues rather than spatial awareness

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what did Konrad Lorenz study

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geese imprinting (the first organism or big object they see, they follow)

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what did Karl von Frisch study

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language of bees (waggle dance)

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7
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improvement in one trait or behavior comes at the expense of another

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fitness trade off

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movements in a specific direction in response to a stimulus

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taxis

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random, undirected movements toward favorable conditions

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kinesis

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what are the two types of orientation

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kinesis and taxis

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movement toward a magnetic field

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magnetotaxis

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produced by a set of molecular mechanisms that cycles on its own and keeps a regular rhythm (can be daily, monthly, or yearly)

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biological clocks

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daily (diurnal) cycles that are primarily governed by changes in light-dark cycles

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circadian clocks

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14
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what facilitates habitat selection

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movement and migration

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long-distance movement of a population associated with change of seasons

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migration

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what are the three proximate causes of navigation

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piloting/map sense, compass orientation, true navigation

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what is map sense based on

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landmarks

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animals have a sense of specific location on earth where they need to go

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true navigation

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19
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what is the ultimate cause of migration

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food availability

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20
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what period are birds exposed to songs

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sensitive period

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21
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what are the two types of inclusive fitness?

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direct and indirect

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fitness derived from an individual’s own offspring

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direct fitness

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fitness derived from helping relatives produce more offspring

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indirect fitness

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all individuals of a given species that live and reproduce in a particular place and time

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population

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what are the three defining features of a population

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size, range, density

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26
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a process by which non-signaling behavior patterns evolve to become communicative signals

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ritualization

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27
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when did atmospheric levels of CO2 start to increase

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during the industrial revolution

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28
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name of curve that records changing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over time

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Keeling curve

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29
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when does CO2 concentration reach its annul high point

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in the spring

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30
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when does CO2 concentration reach its annual low

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in the fall

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31
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how is carbon dioxide added to the environment (3)

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geological inputs (volcanoes and mid ocean ridges), biological inputs (respiration), human activities

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32
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how is carbon dioxide removed from the environment (2)

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geological removal (chemical weathering, CO2 reacts with rocks) and biological removal (photosynthesis)

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33
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does respiration remain constant throughout the year

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yes

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34
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what are the two CO2 sources

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fossil fuels and industry and land use change

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35
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exploitation of preexisting sensory bias

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sensory drive

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36
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signals are elaborated versions of ordinary behaviors.

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Sender precursor

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37
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honest signals means signals that are_____

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reliable

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38
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serves to warn or repel predators (ex. yellow and black snakes are poisonous)

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aposematism

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self-sacrificing

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altruism

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40
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highest level of organization in sociality

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eusociality

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41
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all individuals of all ages of a species that are alive at a particular time in a particular place

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size

42
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how wide a population is spread and is determines by climates and other species

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range

43
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what are the three distribution patterns

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random, uniform, clumped

44
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what is the equation for density

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size/range

45
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the study of factors that determine the size and structure of populations through time

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demography

46
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the ability to produce an abundance of offspring

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fecundity

47
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for net reproductive rates when is the population stable

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when the sum = 1

48
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for net reproductive rates when is the population increasing

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when the sum is >1

49
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for net reproductive rates when is the population decreasing

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when the sum is <1

50
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produce large number of offspring

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r-strategists

51
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produce relatively few young and provide care (us)

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K-strategists

52
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what is the edge effect

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there is more survival in the middle of the habitat, the edge of the habitat has higher exposure to things like wind, etc.

53
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all populations of different species that interact in a certain area

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biological communities

54
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physical habitat (where is occurs) and ecological role (what it does) of a species

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niche

55
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what are sessile/sedentary organisms

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organisms that don’t move

56
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how can we count mobile organisms

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mark and recapture

57
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what is the equation for calculating population size (N) in mark and recapture

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N (population size) = C (total captured on second day)/ R (recaptures). x M (marked individuals caught on the first day)

58
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what makes the population increase

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immigration and birth

59
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what makes the population decrease

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emigration and death

60
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what is the formula for population growth

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delta N = N2 - N1 = (B - D) + (I - E)

61
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what is the per capita growth rate formula

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r = (delta N t)/ N1

62
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what kind of growth does constant per capita growth rate lead to

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exponential growth

63
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the per capita growth rate, r is also called

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the intrinsic rate of increase, the maximum rate of growth when no environmental factors limit population increase

64
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competition between members of the same species

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intraspecific competition

65
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competition between members of two different species

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interspecific competition

66
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The maximum number of individuals any habitat can support

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carry capacity (K)

67
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what is a social species

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species that live together in groups and interact!

68
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describes processes affecting population that are influences by the number of individual organisms. Such as the use of resources or susceptibility to predation or parasitism

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density dependent factors

69
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describes factors such as severe drought that influence population size without regard for the density of the population

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density independent factors

70
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summarizes probability that an individual will survive and reproduce in any given time interval over the course of its life

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life table

71
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the proportion of offspring produced that survive, on average, to a particular age

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survivorship

72
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what are the three types of survivorship curves

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type 1: late life mortality (like us humans)
type 2: steady survivorship, mortality is constant throughout life
type 3: early life mortality

73
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Why can’t all populations have high fecundity and high survival?

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fitness trade offs

74
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how an individual allocates resources to growth, reproduction and behaviors or morphology related to survival

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life history

75
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changes in populations through time and space

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population dynamics

76
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large populations made up of small populations that are linked by movements between them

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metapopulations

77
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are small or large populations of species more likely to go locally extinct?

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small are more vulnerable to extinction

78
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the full range of climate conditions and food resources in which individuals may live

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fundamental niche

79
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the actual resources and habitats used by a species

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realized niche

80
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interactions in which animals have different goals, cost on one organism, benefit on one organism

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antagonisitc

81
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what are the antagonistic species interactions

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competition, predation, herbivory, parasitism

82
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interaction in which both species benefit

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mutualism

83
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interaction in which one benefits and the other is unaffected

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commensalism

84
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prevents two species from occupying the same niche at the same time

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competitive exclusion

85
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animals compete until they have different niches

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niche differentiation/resource partionioning

86
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Ongoing struggling between competing sets of co-evolving genes, phenotypic and behavioural traits that develop escalating adaptation and counter-adaptations against each other

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evolutionary arms race

87
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when one of both sides of a mutualism cannot survive or reproduce without the other (like aphids and bacteria

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obligate mutualism

88
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when one or both sides of a mutualism can survive without the other (like midges and cacao)

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facultative mutualism

89
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ecosystem engineers are a type of what species

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keystone species

90
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what are the three factors of disturbance?

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type of disturbance, frequency, and severity

91
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soil building that occurs after a disturbance has removed soil and organisms

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primary succession

92
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more rapid rebuilding of community because soil is still present

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secondary succession

93
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mature ecosystems, result of succession

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climax community

94
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species able to survive in barren spaces/environments

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Pioneer species

95
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A type of indirect interaction where one species creates a suitable habitat for another

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facilitation

96
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sequence of ecological interactions that occur when a species benefits a second specious that in turn has a positive effect on a third species and so on

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facilitation cascade

97
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count of how many species are present in a given community

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species richness

98
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calculated by adding all energy, food, materials, and services and estimating how much land needed to provide these resources

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ecological footprint

99
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what geological age are we in currently

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Holocene

100
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what are the important greenhouse gases?

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CO2, water vapour, methane

101
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species found in one place and nowhere else

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Endemic species

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