Key Words Flashcards
What is a Community?
Multiple populations (of different species) living and interacting in the same area.
What are Demes?
A group of individuals that belong to the same taxonomic group.
What is Drought?
An extended period of dry weather.
What are Ecological Niches?
An ecological niche describes how a species interacts with, and lives in, its habitat.
What is Famine?
A period of extreme hunger.
What is a Metapopulation?
A group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level.
What does Seasonality mean?
Animals that live in seasonal environments changing their behavior to match the season.
What does Dissolution mean?
The breakdown of a breeding group/pair.
What does Fecundity mean?
The estimate of the number of gametes produced by an individual.
What does Natality mean?
Key factors influencing population size.
What is Migration?
Species moving from one habitat to another.
What are Emerging diseases?
Diseases that have recently appeared.
