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Ecology and the Scientific Method
What are the 4 key words for the ...,
What are some abiotic factors to ...,
What are some biotic factors to c...
16  cards
Climate
Why is climate important,
What causes variation in precipit...,
Why does ecology have no laws
14  cards
Biomes
What is a biome,
What 3 variables drive the format...,
What are the 4 soil horizons from...
23  cards
Aquatic systems
What are reservoirs,
What drives the water cycle,
How does water enter and leave re...
29  cards
Natural Selection/speciation
What are 3 observations made by d...,
What is natural selection,
What causes genetic variation
28  cards
Water and Temperature Regulation
What is the theory of tolerance,
How do animals gain and lose water,
How do plants gain and lose water
24  cards
Snow and Winter Ecology
What are the 3 challenges organis...,
How does winter affect the energy...,
What are the 3 strategies of surv...
14  cards
Nutrient Acquisition
What is photosynthetically active...,
What affects the light quality an...,
What are the 3 photosynthesis pat...
34  cards
Behavioural Ecology
What is behavioural ecology,
What is inclusive fitness,
What is kin selection
8  cards
Mating Systems and Sexual Selection
What are the 3 sex types,
When is it beneficial to be a her...,
What is monogamy
12  cards
Life History Patterns + Niches
What is parental care,
What is the difference between al...,
What is the semelparous reproduct...
24  cards
Population Ecology
What are the 6 words for the defi...,
How is the space a population is ...,
What are the 4 limiting factors t...
35  cards
Population Cycles
How long do cycles commonly go for,
What are 5 extrinsic mechanisms f...,
What are 3 intrinsic mechanisms f...
5  cards
Competition
Fill in the table types of intera...,
What is considered to be exploita...,
How does competition have a negat...
15  cards
Responses to Competition
How can competition alter the nic...,
What is competitive release,
What does the competitive exclusi...
10  cards
Predator-prey interactions
In which two ways is the abundanc...,
What are the 4 forms of predation...,
What are 3 positive effects of pr...
24  cards
Parasitism and Mutualism
How are parasites and parasitoids...,
How are parasites classified,
What makes a host vulnerable to a...
14  cards
Community Ecology
What does community ecology attem...,
How is regional diversity gained ...,
What creates local diversity
30  cards
Succession
What is succession,
What is each sequence of successi...,
How is succession different from ...
29  cards
Communities to Ecosystems
How is an ecosystem different fro...,
What is the difference between a ...,
What can food webs describe
18  cards
Landscape Ecology
What is a landscape,
What 5 things are important for p...,
What is the matrix
20  cards
Global Ecology
What are the 4 major topics in gl...,
What is climate change,
Why is climate changing
20  cards

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