Ecology 2 Flashcards

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1
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concentration of a substance exceeds background concentration

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biomagnification

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2
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ability of an ecosystem to start over after disaster

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succession

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3
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growth rate decreases as population reaches carrying capacity

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logistic growth

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4
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growth whose rate becomes even more rapid in proportion to total growth number

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exponential growth

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5
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preference toward something based on experience

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bias

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6
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a way to gather data in the ecosystem that eliminates biases

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random sampling

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