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BIO 303 : ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION > Exam 2 Study Guide > Flashcards

Exam 2 Study Guide Flashcards

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Commensalism

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One organism benefits and the other neither benefits or harmed

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Mutualism

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Both organisms have a benefit

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Exploitation

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Organisms indirectly compete with other organisms for resources by exploiting resources to limit the resources availability to other organisms

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Competition

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When two organisms are limited to one resource and interact for it

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Batesian mimicry

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A harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both

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Mullerian mimicry

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Two or more noxious animals develop similar appearances as a shared protective device

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Succession

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Process of change in the species of a community over time

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Primary succession

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The series of community changes which occur on an entirely new habitat which has never been colonized before

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Secondary succession

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Series of community changes which take place on a previously colonized, but disturbed or damaged habitat

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Community

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Group of populations occupying the same geographical area

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Ecosystem

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A group of communities that habitat a geographical area

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Species richness

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The number of different species represented in an ecological community

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Species evenness

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The abundance of each species

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Disturbance

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Temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem

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Alpha diversity

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Species diversity in a small area of homogenous habitat

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Beta diversity

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Difference in species diversity from one habitat to another

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Gamma diversity

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Species diversity observed across all habitats within a geographic area

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Biogeography

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Study of patterns of species diversity and distributions at global, regional, and local scales

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Autotroph

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Organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances

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Heterotrophs

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Unable to synthesize their own food and rely on other organisms for nutrition

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GPP

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Gross primary production: total amount of carbon fixed in the process of photosynthesis

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NPP

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NPP = GPP - Ra

Ra - rate of energy loss to metabolism and maintenance

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NEP

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NEP = GPP - Rh

Rh - total ecosystem respiration

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Phenology

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Study of cyclic and seasonal phenomena, in relation to climate, plant, and animal life

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Endemic species

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Species that are found in just one region or area of the world and no where else

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Metapopulation

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Group of populations that are separated by space but consist of the same species

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Intermediate disturbance hypothesis

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Moderate levels of disturbance can create conditions that have greater species diversity than high or low levels of disturbance

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Disturbance

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Fire, floods, storms

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What does disturbance do?

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Disrupts communities, changes resources, and can affect abiotic and biotic components of the environment

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Components of disturbance

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Occurrence, timing, frequency, duration, extent, and intensity

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Three hypothesis theories of why diversity is high in the tropics

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Stability/productivity hypothesis, area hypothesis, museum hypothesis

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Island biogeography theory

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Species richness increases with area and decreases with isolation

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In IBT, how does extinction rate change with island size?

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Increases with the number of species present; more intense competition and niche overlap

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In IBT, how does immigration rate change due to distance from the mainland?

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Farther islands will have slower immigration rates

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What is a trophic cascade?

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Powerful indirect actions that control entire ecosystems

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What is a top-down cascade?

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Top consumers/predator controls the primary consumer production. Primary producers thrive

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What is bottom-up cascade?

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The population of primary producers will always control the increase/decrease of the energy in higher tropic levels

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Keystone predators importance

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Predators that feed on species that take up a lot of resources

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Approximate energy transfer rate between tropic levels?

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10%

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How is NPP distributed around the planet?

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Terrestrial and marine

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What factors control energy transfer between tropic levels?

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Keystone predators and trophic levels

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How has humans impacted the water cycle?

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Reduced percolation and depletion of water

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How has humans impacted the nitrogen cycle?

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Burning fossil fuels, industrial fixation of N2 into fertilizer, depletion of oxygen (eutrophication) in aquatic ecosystems

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How has humans impacted the carbon cycle?

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Fossil fuel emissions

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Top 3 pools of water cycle

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Glaciers, groundwater, and large lakes or reservoirs

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Top 3 pools of nitrogen?

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Atmosphere, aquatic reservoirs, terrestrial reservoirs

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Top 3 pools of carbon?

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Deep ocean, fossil, soil

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How is climate change projected to influence fires?

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Increase in temperatures, evaporation, drought

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How is climate change projected to influence hurricanes?

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Increase in warming ocean temperatures and water into atmosphere

50
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Invasive species

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Species from elsewhere that survive, reproduce, and cause harm

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Non-native species

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Species that have been introduced from somewhere else

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Elements to a high quality preserve design

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Big patches, patches near each other, buffer zones, connected, compact shape

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Transfer efficiency

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How much energy is being transferred from one tropic level to the next

54
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What is driving current extinction rates?

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Loss of habitats

55
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What processes affect local community assembly?

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Abiotic stresses, species interaction, disturbances, regional species and dispersal

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