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biotic factors

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includes all organisms in an area

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abiotic factors

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includes all non-living components of an area

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habitat

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biotic + abiotic factors

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organism (level)

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how one kind of organism meet the challenges and opportunities

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population (level)

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Example: factors that affect the size population

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ecosystem (level)

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how chemical cycle and how energy flows between organisms and their surroundings

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biosphere

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all inhabitable area of the Earth

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physical and chemical factors that influence life in the biosphere

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energy sources, temperature, water, inorganic nutrients, other aquatic factors, and other terrestrial factors

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prevailing winds

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major global winds

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biomes (terrestrial)

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determined by temperature and precipitation

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biomes (aquatic)

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determined by salinity

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pelagic realm

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open water from the surface to bottom

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benthic realm

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seafloor from the continental shelf to deep-sea bottom ( Rock Bottom)

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photic zone

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continental shelf to the top of the water

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aphotic zone

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barely any light

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intertidal zone

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where the ocean meets land and the fresh water and the saltwater mix

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permafrost

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continuously frozen subsoil

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zooplankton

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animals that draft in aquatic environments

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estuary

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a biome that occurs where a freshwater stream or river merges with the ocean

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proximate causes

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the answers to such question about the immediate mechanism for a behavior

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proximate questions

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concern the immediate reason for the behavior

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ultimate questions

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address why a particular behavior occurs a component of the animal’s phenotype shaped by natural selection

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ultimate cause

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are evolutionary explanations

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innate behavior

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behavior that is under strong genetic control and is performed in virtually the same way by all individuals os a species

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Fixed action patterns (FAPs)

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os an unchangeable series of actions triggered by a specific stimulus

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behavior is the result of both genetic and environmental factors. True or false?

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true.

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habituation

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lass of response to a stimulus after repeated exposure

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imprinting

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learning that is irreversible and limited to a sensitive time period in an animals life

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spatial learning

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use of landmarks to learn the spatial structure of the environment

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associative learning

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behavioral change based on linking a stimulus or behavior or punishment; includes trial and error learning

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social learning

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learning by observing and mimicking others

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problem-solving

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inventive behavior that arises in response to a new situation

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cognition

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is the process carried out by an animal’s nervous system to perceive, store, integrate, and use information gathered by the senses.

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foraging

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includes not only eating but also any mechanism an animal uses to search for, recognize, and capture food

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search image

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a mental picture of the food enables an animal to find the particular foods efficiently

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optimal foraging model

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an animal’s feeding behavior should provide maximal energy gain with minimal energy expense and minimal risk of being eaten

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promiscuous

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no strong pair- bonds or lasting relationships between males and females

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monogamous

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a bond between one male and one female with shared parental care

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polygamous

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an individual of one sex mating with several of the others

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social behavior

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as any kind of interaction between two or more animals of the same species

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sociobiology

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applies evolutionary theory to the study and interpretation of social behavior

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agonistic behavior

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conflicts that arise over limited resources such as food mates or territories, including threats, rituals, and sometimes combat

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dominance hierarchy

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a ranking of individuals based on social interactions

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altruism

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as behavior that reduces an individuals fitness while increasing the fitness of others in the population

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inclusive fitness

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describes an individuals success at perpetuating its genes by producing its own offing and by helping close relatives, who likely share many of those genes, to produce offspring

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kin selection

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the natural selection favoring altruistic behavior that benefits relatives

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population density

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is the number of individuals of a species per unit area or volume

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dispersion pattern

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a population refers to the ways individuals are spaces within an area

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clumped dispersion pattern

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in which individuals are grouped in patches, is the most common in nature

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uniform dispersion pattern

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(an even one) often results from interactions between individuals of a population

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random dispersion pattern

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individuals in a population are spaced in an unpredictable way, without a pattern

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life tables

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track survivorship

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survivorship curves

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which plot survivorship as the proportion of individuals from an initial population that are alive at each age

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exponential growth model

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gives an idealized picture of unlimited population growth

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limiting factors

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environmental factors that resist population growth

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logistic growth model

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a description of idealized population growth that is slowed by limiting factors as the populations’ size increases

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density-dependent factors

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limiting factors whose intensity is related to population density- appear to restrict growth in natural populations

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density-independent factors

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a population- limiting factor whose intensity is unrelated to population

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boom- and- bust cycles

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is a process of expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly.

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life history

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the traits that affect an organisms schedule of reproduction and death

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r- selection

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species are those that emphasize high growth rates, typically exploit less-crowded ecological niches, and produce many offspring, each of which has a relatively low probability of surviving to adulthood (i.e., high r, low K)

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k- selection

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On the other extreme are species that are highly K-selected. K refers to the carrying capacity and means that the babies are entering a competitive world, in a population at or near its carrying capacity. … K-selected species produce offspring that each have a higher probability of survival to maturity.

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sustainable resource management

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practices that allow the use of natural resources without damaging it

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demographic transition

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a shift from birth rates and death rates that are low but roughly equal

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age structure

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a population is the number of individuals of different age group

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fertility rate

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the average number of children produced by a woman over her life- substantially exceeds the number of children needed to replace herself and her mate

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population momentum

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results from the increased proportion of women of childbearing age in the population

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ecological footprint

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is an estimate of the land and water area required to provide the resources an individual or a nation consumes- for example, food, fuel, and housing- and to absorb the waste it generates

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biocapacity

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earth capacity to renew these resources gives us a broad view of the sustainability of human activities

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sustainability

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is the goal of developing managing and conserving earth resources in ways that meet the need of people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

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herbivory

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is the consumption of plant part parts or algae by an animal

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ecological niche

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the sum of its use of the biotic and abiotic resources in its environment

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detritus

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consumers that derive their energy from dead material produced at all trophic levels

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species diversity

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is defined by two components: species richness, or the number of different species in a community or relative abundance, the proportional representation of each species in a community.

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keystone species

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a species whose impact on its community is much larger than its abundance or total biological mass would indicate

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ecologicacal succession

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a disturbed area may be colonized by a variety of species, which are gradually replaced by a succession of other species,

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primary succession

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when ecological succession begins in a virtually lifeless area with no soil

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secondary succession

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occurs where a disturbance has cleared away an existing community but left the soil intact

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invasive species

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spreading far beyond the original point of introduction and causing environmental or economic damage by colonizing and dominating wherever they find suitable habitat

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ecosystem

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consists of all organisms in a community as well as abiotic environment with which the organism interact

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energy flow

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the passage of energy through the components of the ecosystem

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chemical cycling

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the transfer of matter within the ecosystem

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primary production

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the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy- as organic compounds- by photosynthesis

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gross primary production

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the total amount of primary prodution during a given time period

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net primary production

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is the amount of new organic material added to an ecosystem in a given amount

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biogeochemical cycles

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because chemical cycles in an ecosystem include both biotic and abiotic (geologic and atmospheric) components

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abiotic reservoirs

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where chemicals accumulate or are stockpiled outside of the living organisms

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nitrogen fixation

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which is performed by some bacteria, converts n2 to components of nitrogen that can be used by plants

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biodiversity

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encompasses more than individual species- it includes ecosystem diversity, species diversity, and genetic diversity

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extirpation

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the loss of a single population of a species

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ecosystem diversity

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Ecosystem diversity deals with the variations in ecosystems within a geographical location and their overall impact on human existence and the environment. Ecosystem diversity addresses the combined characteristics of biotic properties and abiotic properties.

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genetic diversity

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is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species, it ranges widely from the number of species to differences within species and can be attributed to the span of survival for a species.

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ozone layer

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protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet ray in the sunlight

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biological magnification

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occurs because the biomass at any given point tropic level is produced from a much larger toxin- containing biomass ingested from the level below

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phenotype plasticity

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the ability to change phenotype in response to the local environment conditions

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conservation biology

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is a goal-oriented science that seeks to understand and counter the loss of biodiversity

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movement corridor

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where habitats have been severely fragmented by human activities; a narrow strip or series of small clumps of high-quality habitat connections

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biodiversity hot spot

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is a relatively small area with numerous endemic species, those that are found nowhere else in the world, and a large number of endangered and threatened species

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endemic species

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those that are found nowhere else in the world and a large number of endangered and threatened species

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zoned reserve

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an extensive region of land that includes one or more areas undisturbed by humans

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ecotourism

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travel to natural areas for tourism and recreation

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restoration ecology

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uses ecological principles to develop methods of achieving this goal

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ocean currents

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a combination of the prevailing winds, the planets rotation, unequal heating of the surface waters, and the locations and shapes of the continents

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tropics

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the region surrounding the equator between latitudes 23.5 north ( Cancer) and 23.5 south (Capricorn)

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temperate zones

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the latitudes between the tropics and the arctic circle in the north and the antarctic circle in the south

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continental shelves

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the photic zones include both the pelagic and benthic realms

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phytoplankton

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microscopic algae and cyanobacteria and multicellular algae provide energy and organic carbon for a diverse community of animals

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desertification

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the conversion of semi-arid regions to the desert is a significant environmental problem

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kinesis

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a random movement in response to a stimulus

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species richness

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the number of different species represented in an ecological community

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niche

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matching the animal to its environment

Biology II (8 decks)

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