exam 2 Flashcards

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Define Population

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A group of organisms of the same species in a given area with no barriers to interbreeding

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What is the Lotka-Volterra competition model

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study Origional in notes,

dN/df = rN(1-N/k)
dN/dt = rN(k-N/k)
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What are the 4 traits that affect sampling methods

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  • Organisms size
  • Habitat Type
  • Population size and distribution
  • Organisms mobility
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What is the equation for the Lincoln-Peterson Index?

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N = nM/x

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Label the Lincoln-Peterson index equation

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N = nM/x
N= # in population
n= # caught in census 
M= # caught in pre-census
x= Marked animals caught in census
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What is the out come or predictions of the Lincoln-Peterson index?

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  • Equal chance of catching marked and unmarked animals
  • Mortality and natality=0
  • Adequate time for marked animals to mix back into the populations
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Define Dominance

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  • Importance value= Relative density + Cover + Relative frequency
  • Biomass
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What are the Dispersion Patterns?

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s2/x=1 or s2=x …..then random
s2/x is greater than 1 or s2 is greater than x …..then clumped
s2/x is less than 1 or s2 is less than x …..then uniform

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What are the changes in gene frequencies in populations?

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  • Mutation pressure
  • Migration pressure (gene flow)
  • Genetic drift
  • Natural Selection
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What is Genetic Drift?

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Chance fluctuations in allele frequencies in a directional sense caused by random sampling error.

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Define Natural Selection

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  • Non-random process operating on Gene frequencies that eliminates certain genotypes.
  • Under selective pressures, the most fit genotypes will survive, others will not
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List the patterns of selection

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  • Optimizing or stabilizing selection
  • Directional or Dynamic selection
  • Disruptive or Diversifying selection
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Define Optimizing, Directional, and Disruptive

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  • Optimizing = Occurs to some degree in all population
  • Directional = Examples are Rabbits and Myxoma Virus
  • Disruptive = Example is Acmaea digitalis
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Rate of growth is the change in N/ the change in t, what are the equations given?

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dN/dt = B-D
"     " = bN-dN
"     " = (b-d)N
"     " = rN
Equation dN/dt = rN
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Define the terms used in the Models Simple to complex

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Exponential = r is constant
Logistic = r is f(N/k)
More Complex = r is f(food, disease, predation) + f(temp, water, light)

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What are the Life Table symbols

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x= Age interval 
lx= # alive at beginning of interval 
dx= # dying in interval
qx= mortality rate dx/lx
Lx= Mean # individuals in interval lx+lx+1/2
ex= life expectancy is Lx+Lx+1+....+Lx+n/lx
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Define Symbiosis

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  • Living together

- 2 or more populations living together

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give the 8 population interactions between species 1 and 2

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  • Neutralism o o (no benefit)
  • Ammensalism - o
  • Commensalism + o
  • Competition - - (Only negative)
  • Parasitism + -
  • Predation + -
  • Protocooperation + + (only positive)
  • Mutualism + +
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What are the two types of competition?

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Exploitive and Direct or Interference

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What is 2 or more species utilizing the same limited resources?

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Exploitive Competition

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Define Direct or Interference competition

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When 2 or more species “fight” for the same limited resources

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What are the 2 parts to Gause’s Principle of competitive Exclusion?

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  • When 2 closely related species compete for the same limited resource, one will always out-compete the others.
  • “Two species cannot occupy the same niche in the same place”
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What are the r selected species?

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  • Coarse-grained
  • Environment
  • High Reproductive
  • effort
  • colonizers
  • small
  • many offspring
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What is the list of K selected Species

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  • Fine-grained
  • environment
  • Competitive
  • superiority
  • slow development
  • large
  • parental care
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List the influences on predation rate
- Predator rate - prey density - alternate prey density - presence of refuges - efficient foraging traits of predator - effective escape abilities of prey
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What are the components of predator response for increased prey density?
- Numerical = Increased number of predators | - Functional = Increased number of prey consumed by each individual predator
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What is the equation for Egain?
Egain = Eprey - Esearch - Epursuit - Ecapture - Eprocessing "The prudent predator concept"
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What are the traits of the "Better predators concept"?
- Hibernation - Search image - Other search cues (sound, smell, chemical) - Team Effort (signals, pack hunting) - Aggressive mimicry - Traps - Camouflage
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What are the traits of the "Better escape artists" concept of animals?
- Warning (sentinels, good sight, alarm calls) - Structural defenses (thorns, shells) - Chemical defenses - Coloration (matching, disruptive, flash, warning)
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What are the two types of Mimicry?
- Batesian Mimicry | - Mullerian mimicry
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What is a non-toxic or harmless species copying a toxic or harmful species?
Batesian Mimicry
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What is several toxic or harmful species with similar bright coloration?
Mullerian Mimicry
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give four examples of mutualism
- Cleaner fish --- shark - Termites --- Flagellates - Ants --- Cecropia and Acacia - Mycorrhizae --- Vascular plants
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Define a community
An assemblage of populations in a prescribed area
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What are the community traits?
- Species composition - Dominance - Life form profile - Vertical structure - horizontal structure - Diversity
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Who is Fredrick Clements?
- Communities as supra-organisms | - Discontinuous community structure
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Who is Henry Gleason?
- Individualistic concept | - Continuous community structure
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What are the 4 sections of Biodiversity?
- Species - Habitat - Genetic - Ecosystem
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What is species diversity
Species richness = number of species H = -(box) pi logepi, where pi = ni/N
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what are the 4 diversity patterns?
- Habitat heterogeneity - Disturbance - Island size and location - Latitude
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What is a relatively predictable sequence of populations replacing each other in a community?
Succession
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Name the types of succession
- Primary - Secondary - Xerarch - Hydrarch
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Define the types of succession
- Primary -- Begins on biologically unmodified substrate (rock, sand) - Secondary -- Begins on biologically modified substrate (soil) - Xerarch -- Begins on land (terrestrial) - Hydrarchh -- Begins on the water (aquatic)
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List the southeastern old field succession
- Agricultural crop - Annuals - Perennial forbs - Perennial grasses - Pines - Harnwoods
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List the Granite outcrop succession
- Bare rock - Crustoe lichens - Foliose lichens - Annuals - Perennial forbs - Perennial grasses - Cedars and pines - Hardwoods
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What is another word for Clements study of communities
Monoclimax
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What is a word that describes Gleason's study
Polyclimax
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What are causes of succession?
- Allogenic | - Autogenic
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define the causes of succession
- Allogenic -- Exterior to community; Physical environment | - Autogenic -- Organisms "Paving the way" (Facilitation)