L2 - the science of ecology Flashcards
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what is political ecology
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the study of how and why power relations influence environmental processes
2
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What is Ethnoecology
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the study of cultural undertandings of ecosystems
3
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what is Inductive reasoning
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specific to general reasoning
(this happened once therefore it will happen every time)
4
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what is deductive reasoning
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general to specific
(this happens to many different things, and will happen here aswell)
5
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what is a deterministic model?
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a model where inputs determine outputs exactly.
eg. exponential model of population
6
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what is a stocahastic model?
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a model that incorporates random elements.
7
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how do we evaluate science
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- look for bias
- clear hypotheses/research questions
- is the study design appropriate
- has the stusy been repeated by others?
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