Succession and conservation Flashcards

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defintion of biosphere

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The part if the planet earthh where life occurrs

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Definition of ecosystem

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A reasonably self contained area together with all its living organisms

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Definition of habitat

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The physical or abiotic part of an ecosystem

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Definition of microhabitat

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A localised specific habitat within a larger habitat

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Definition of terrestrial

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An ecosystem on dry land

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Definition of aquatic

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An ecosystem in water

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Definition of community

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The living or biotic part of an ecosystem

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Definition of biotic

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Any living or biological factor

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Defintion of abiotic

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Any non living or physical factor

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Definition of population

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The members of the same species living in one habitat

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Definition of species

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A group of organisms that can sucessfully interbreed

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Examples of abiotic factors

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Climatic factors : temperature, humidity
Soil factors : PH, mineral supply
Human factors : pollution
Topographic factors: altitude, slope, aspect

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Definition of density-independent factors

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The size of the effect is independent to the size of the population

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What is INTERspecific competition

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Competition for resources where one species will out compete another one

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What is INTRAspecific competition

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Competition for resources between members of the same species

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Why is intraspecific competition more significant than interspecific?

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Members of the same species have the same niche and so compete for the same resources. It has a stabilising effect on populations

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What relationship do parasites and their hosts have?

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Symbioitic

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What does an organisms ‘niche’ mean?

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The abiotic and biotic factors that the organism needs in its habitat

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What is the competitive exclusion principle ?

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Two species cannot coexist in the same habitat if they have the same niche, they will compete and one species will win the competition.

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What is a specialist?

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Species with a narrow niche.

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Why can many specialists exist in the same habitat?

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They are not competing.

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Where are specialists usually found?

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Abundant, stable habitats

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What is sucession?

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Ecosystems are not fixed, but constantly change with time

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What is the climax community

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Species colonise a habitat in predictable order until a stable order is reached.

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What is the pioneer species?

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The organisms colonising in early sucession

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What is a sere

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The whole succession

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What does primary sucession start with?

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Rock or sand, an inorganic base

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What does secondary succession start with?

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Soil, but no organisms present

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What is a xerosere?

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Succession where there is no water

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What is a lithosere?

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Primary succession from bare rock.

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What is a plagioclimax?

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Deflected succession, caused by human intervention such as deforestation or clearing land for farming.

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What is conservation?

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Management of our environment to maintain biodioversity

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What does conservation involve?

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Active intervention to manage sucession and maintain a wide variety of different plagioclimaxes.

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What is the capture-mark recapture technique?

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Estimates population size by capturing a sample of animals, counting them and marking them, releasing them, capture second sample, count number of marked and non marked

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What conditions need to be met for capture, recapture formula to be correct?

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Marking not affecting survival.
Marked animals must have time to randomly mix with population
Population must stay constant between first and second sampling.