Ecology + Climate Change Terminology

Question 1

Peat

Answer 1

Peat forms when organic matter is not fully decomposed because of acidic and / or anaerobic conditions in waterlogged soils, with examples being in bogs/marshlands in the Scottish Highlands.
You can also radiocarbon date peat, and analyse pollen grains in it as an indicator of past foliage levels and how they have reduced due to climate change.

Question 2

The Keeling Curve

Question 3

Stabilising Selection

Question 4

Disruptive Speciation

Question 5

Directional Speciation

Question 6

Allopatric Speciation

Question 7

Parapatric Speciation

Question 8

Sympatric Speciation

Question 9

Primary Succession

Question 10

Secondary Succession

Question 11

The Keeling Curve

Question 12

Annual Carbon Fluctuations

Question 13

Seasonal Carbon Fluctuations

Question 14

Carbon Recycling

Question 15

Carbon Circular Economy

Question 16

Anthropogenic

Question 17

Antarctic Ice Cores

Question 18

Reflectance

Question 19

Forrest Browning

Question 20

Johannesson Mechanism

Question 21

Nye Mechanism

Question 22

Effects of Shifting Synchronicity

Answer 22

tit + caterpillar biomass, reindeer migration, spring growth of arctic mouse ear chickleweed

Question 23

Forrest Browning

Question 24

Boreal Forrest

Question 25

Tipping Point

Question 26

Landfast Sea Ice

Question 27

Loss of Sea Ice Effects

Answer 27

Walruses, Emperor Penguins breeding grounds

Question 28

Nutrient Upwelling

Question 29

Ocean Primary Productivity

Question 30

Poleward Range

Question 31

# U Upwards Range Shifts