Lecture 37 - Human Impacts II - Review

Question 1

Population Ecology:

Answer 1

Different levels of how we organize ecology - organismal to global.
Where are the biological and elevation hot spots for biodiversity on the planet.
Factors that control where organisms are found.
Exponential and logistic growth equations.
What is a carrying capacity.
When do we see exponential growth in nature.
Three mains life-history stages.
Survivorship tables

Question 2

Community Ecology:

Answer 2

Fundamental vs. Realized Niche
Types of species interactions, and who benefits and loses
Types of symbiotic relationships
Types of parasites
Types of competition
Competitive exclusion and resource partitioning
Predator defense mechanisms
Food chains vs foodwebs
10% trophic level rule
What is the trophic cascade
Understand what a keystone predator, mutualism, engineer is
Primary vs. secondary succession

Question 3

Human Impacts:

Answer 3

Effect of climate change on communities - growth rate, range shifts etc
Understand habitat fragmentation
Know top issues in urban habitats
Understand natural vs human signals of anthropogenic climate change
The relationship between CO2 and temperature.