Ecology 2 Flashcards
1
Q
concentration of a substance exceeds background concentration
A
biomagnification
2
Q
ability of an ecosystem to start over after disaster
A
succession
3
Q
growth rate decreases as population reaches carrying capacity
A
logistic growth
4
Q
growth whose rate becomes even more rapid in proportion to total growth number
A
exponential growth
5
Q
preference toward something based on experience
A
bias
6
Q
a way to gather data in the ecosystem that eliminates biases
A
random sampling
