mod 7

Question 1

interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized to achieve a certain function/purpose

Answer 1

system

Question 2

Assemblage of populations that occupy a given area, interacting either directly/indirectly

Answer 2

community

Question 3

• there is diversity at every genetic level
• some form of integration (how they are interconnected)

Answer 3

Ecosphere

Question 4

• unit including all the organisms interacting with each other (biotic community) in a given area interacting with the physical environment
• first unit in the ecological hierarchy that is complete

Answer 4

ecosystem

Question 5

3 subcategory of species that make up the ecosystem

Answer 5

Hypothetical food web, keystone species, ecosystem engineers

Question 6

influence interactions among species

Answer 6

keystone species

Question 7

modify the environment by modifying materials from one form to another

Answer 7

allogenic engineers

Question 8

modify the environment by modifying themselves

Answer 8

autogenic engineers

Question 9

heterogeneous are composed of several ecosystems

Answer 9

landscape

Question 10

landscape structure and processes

Answer 10

landscape ecology

Question 11

• the primary cover type in the landscape
• greater control over the flora and fauna

Answer 11

landscape matrix

Question 12

homogenous area that differs from the surrounding matrix

Answer 12

landscape patch

Question 13

a strip of environment connecting 2 or more landscape patches of similar habitat

Answer 13

landscape corridor

Question 14

differs from other analytical approaches in that it is based upon a conceptual model in which entities exist in a hierarchy of interrelated organizational levels

Answer 14

complexity theory

Question 15

distribution defines the spatial extent of a population/system (e.g. vegetation patterns and space distribution)

Answer 15

spatial

Question 16

the time series of different variables describing the dynamics of a system (e.g. changes in the population, effects of changes in climate and weather, extinction rate, invasion rate, succession, predator-prey cycles)

Answer 16

temporal

Question 17

relationships within the ecosystem (food web).

Answer 17

structural

Question 18

are nodes representing individual organisms situated in a habitat patch; lines are edges representing the relations between two nodes.

Answer 18

black dots

Question 19

number of elements in different levels to the hierarchy within our system

Answer 19

numerosity

Question 20

interactions and feedback loops over time

Answer 20

non-linearity

Question 21

networks

Answer 21

connectivity

Question 22

enables self-organization and the process of evolution that shapes complex systems on macro scale (ecological memory)

Answer 22

autonomy and adaptation