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APS278: Tropical Forest Ecology & Conservation

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Lecture 1: Introduction
Where are the tropics,
Temperature in the tropics,
Tropics mainly dry wet
25  cards
Lecture 3: Sampling Diversity in Tropical Forests
Problems with sampling in the tro...,
Designing a point count study,
Species accumulation curve axis
7  cards
Lecture 4: Gap Dynamics
In the 1930s aubreville proposed ___,
3 main stages of gap mosaic model,
Gaps are a ___ part of forests dy...
53  cards
Lecture 5: Adaptions to light
Light powers tropical forests via,
The ability to exploit such contr...,
Acclimation
24  cards
Lecture 6: Inter-specific interactions
Herbivory plant defences plants h...,
Herbivory plant defences interact...,
Herbivory plant defences ___ are ...
36  cards
Lecture 7: Hyperdiversity
Simplest measure of species diver...,
Tropical forests are ___diverse,
Rainforests are estimated to be h...
31  cards
Lecture 8: Problem of diveristy
Disturbance delays competitive ex...,
Lots volterra model for competiti...,
Neutral dynamics
9  cards
Lecture 9: Janzen-Connell
Problem of explaining diversity,
When is competition highest in th...,
In tropical forests insect specie...
12  cards
Lecture 10: Evidence for diveristy
What is the evidence for j c how ...,
J c looking at assumptions remova...,
J c looking at assumptions host s...
11  cards
Lecture 11: Hunting & Wildlife trade
Difference between pristine fores...,
Current hunting rates are ____ an...,
Each km 2 of tropical forest can ...
20  cards
Lecture 12: Logging
Between 2000 2005 __ of tropical ...,
Over __ million hectare of tropic...,
____ now dominate remaining tropi...
27  cards
Lecture 13: Agriculture and sustainability
There has been a _____ of agricul...,
____ of tropical agriculture,
Tropical forests conversion to ag...
23  cards
Lecture 14: Fragmentation
Forest clearance is rarely wholes...,
Habitat fragmentation,
3 stages to fragmentation process
24  cards
Lecture 15: PES
Total cost of down listing bird s...,
Pes,
Whats an ecosystem service
27  cards

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