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exam 4 new stuff Flashcards

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Symbiosis

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Protracted association of two different species.

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Parasitism

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Benefits the parasite, but negatively affects the host; + -

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Microparasites

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Parasites that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

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Macroparasites

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Parasite is visible by the naked eye.

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Ectoparasite

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Parasite on the outside of the host organism.

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Endoparasite

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Parasite on the inside of the host organism (salmonella or hookworm).

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Direct Transmission

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Parasite moves directly from one host to another (ex: hookworm).

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Indirect Transmission

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Parasite requires an intermediate host to reach the definitive host where sexual reproduction can occur (ex: malaria- intermediate: mosquito definitive: human)

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Definitive

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When the parasite reaches sexual maturity in the host.

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Intermediate hosts

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Intermediate hosts - Increased chance of mortality due to modification of their phenotype that makes them more susceptible to predation.

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Dilution effect

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Dilution effect - In species with poor communities, each larval tick cohort tends to encounter many mice, which are high-quality hosts and highly competent reservoirs. By definition, the ticks encounter few alternative hosts, which tend to be poorer-quality hosts and poor reservoirs. The result is a high abundance and infection prevalence in the resulting nymphal cohort.

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Commensalism

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  • Parasite benefits, but host is not affected; + 0
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Mutualism

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Mutualism - Both the parasite and the host benefit; + +

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Endo symbiont

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Endo symbiont - Attach on the inside of host organism (ex: hookworm)

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Ecto symbiont

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Ecto symbiont - Attach on the outside of host organism (ex:lamprey, head lice)

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Food web

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Food web: interlocking pattern formed by a series of interconnecting food chains

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food chain

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food chain: the movement of energy and nutrients from one feeding group of organisms to another in a series that begins with plants and ends with carnivores, detrital feeders, and decomposers

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trophic level

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trophic level: functional classification of organisms in an ecosystem according to feeding relationships, ranging from first level autotrophs through succeeding levels of herbivores and carnivores.

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what are the three lvl for food web

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basal, intermediate, and top

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Basal

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Basal: feed on no other species but are fed on by others

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Intermediate

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Intermediate: feed on other species and they are prey of other species

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tropic lvl Top

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Top: not subject to predators; they prey on intermediate and basal species

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food chain length

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food chain length: the length of any given food chain within the food web is measured as the number of links between a top predator and the base of the web

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species richness

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species richness: the number of species

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As species richness increase what happens to link density and mean chain length?

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they increase

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Linkage density (L/S)

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Linkage density (L/S): a measure of the average number of links per species in the food web

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Dominance

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Dominance: when a single or a few species predominate within a community

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species evenness

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species evenness: distribution of relative abundances of different species

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what are the two types of diversity indices

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Simpsons

shannon

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Simpsons

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constrained between 0 and 1 but 1 will be more diverse (1-D)

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shannon

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0 lower bound but upper bound is determined by richness

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Guilds

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Guilds: groups of species that exploit a common resource in a similar fashion

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functional type

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functional type: defines a group of species based on their common response to the environment, life history characteristics, or role within the community

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zonation

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zonation: patterns of spatial variation in community structure along an environmental gradient

35
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Explain how ecologists define species diversity. What data must be collected to determine the diversity of a community?

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Species diverstiy is defined by species richness and evenness. It considers both the number and relative abundance of species within the community.

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What is the difference between a dominant species and a keystone species?

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A dominant species predominates within a community and are often numerically abundant. A keystone species is one that functions in a unique and significant manner, and their effect on the community is disproportionate to their numerical abundance. Their removal initiates changes in community structure and often results in a significant loss of diversity.

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What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

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A food chain is the movement of energy and nutrients from one feeding group of organisms to another, while food web is an interlocking series of interconnecting food chains

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What is zonation? And if it occurs why can it be difficult to define the boundaries of a community?

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Zonation is patterns of spatial variation in community structure along an environmental gradient. It can be difficult to define the boundaries of a community if zonation occurs because the changes are along a gradient and if the changes in species composition and patterns of dominance are subtle and gradual then the community boundary can be hard to define.

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Edge effect

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Response of organisms to different environmental conditions found on borders between habitats

40
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Species area curve

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Species area curve - Species richness relative to area

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Island biogeography

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Island biogeography - the number of species established on an island represents a dynamic equilibrium between the immigration of new colonizing species and the extinction of previously established ones

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Ecosystem functioning

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Ecosystem functioning - is the technical term used in the Framework to define the biological, geochemical and physical processes and components that take place or occur within an ecosystem.

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Gross primary productivity

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Gross primary productivity - Energy fixed per unit area by photosynthetic activity of pants before respiration

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Net primary productivity

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Net primary productivity - rate of energy stored as organic matter after respiration

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Secondary productivity

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Secondary productivity - Rate at which heterotrophs produce biomass per unit area per time unit

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Standing crop biomass

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Standing crop biomass - total amount of biomass per unit area at a given time

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Compensation depth

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Compensation depth - the depth of the water column at which light intensity reaching plants is just sufficient for the rate of photosynthesis to balance the rate of respiration

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Assimilation efficiency

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Assimilation efficiency - The efficiency at which the consumer extracts energy from its food

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Production efficiency

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Production efficiency - How efficient the organism is at making biomass out of what it assimilates

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Trophic efficiency

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Trophic efficiency - Ratio of productivity in a given trophic level with the trophic level on which it feeds

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Biomass / energy pyramid -

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idk

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Biogeochemical cycles

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Biogeochemical cycles - Flows of a substance (water, carbon, nitrogen) between living and nonliving reservoirs

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carbon cycle

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idk

54
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nitrogen cycle

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idk

55
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Retranslocation

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Retranslocation - recycling of nutrients within a plant

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Water cycle

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Water cycle - movement of water between atmosphere and Earth by way of precipitation and evaporation

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Ammonification

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Ammonification - Breakdown of proteins and amino acids, especially by fungi and bacteria, with ammonia as the excretory by-product

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Nitrification

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Nitrification - Breakdown of nitrogen-containing organic compounds into nitrates and nitrites

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Denitrification

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Denitrification - bacteria that return nitrogen to the atmosphere

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Maximum sustainable yield

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Maximum sustainable yield - the maximum rate at which individuals can be harvested from a population without reducing its size; recruitment balances harvesting

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Fishing down the food chain -

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Fishing down the food chain - the bigger fish population is declining and so you go to a smaller fish population ect

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Bycatch

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Bycatch - unintended catch

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Habitat fragmentation

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Habitat fragmentation - The fragmentation of larger continuous tracts of habitats, such as forest, shrubland, or grassland into a mosaic of smaller, often isolated patches

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Invasive species

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Invasive species - A species that is not native to that ecosystem (non-native or alien species

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Endemic species

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Endemic species - a species that is unique to a defined location

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rank abundance curve

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rank abundance curve: species are ranked by relative abundance (most abundance is #1, next most is #2), then graph relative abundances by describing order

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