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What is Ecology?
What does an ecologist study,
What is a biotic environment,
What is an abiotic environment
12
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Variation in the Earth's Climate
What are the key components of cl...,
Where on the earth is heat most c...,
What effects latitudinal variatio...
13
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Terrestrial biomes
What biome is around the equator,
What is an ecotone,
What determines where major biome...
11
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Aquatic biomes
How much ocean of earth s surface,
How much of the earth s surface d...,
Roughly how many species of fish
16
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Limits on species distribution
Biotic limits,
What is mutualism facilitation,
Abiotic limits
3
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Population density and dispersion
How to measure density of a popul...,
What are indicators that help wit...,
Capture mark recapture method
7
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Demography
What is demography,
What does demography help us to u...,
What are life tables
6
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Population growth
When does a population experience...,
How does populations grow,
Populations grow through
14
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Density dependence
Implications of logistic model,
Birth rate and death rate at high...,
Equilibrium density
11
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Population dynamics
Causes of fluctuations in population,
Abiotic external factors example,
Scramble competition
6
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Community ecology
An ecological community is compos...,
What are the building blocks of c...,
Negative interactions for species...
11
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Predation and herbivory
Predation is an important source ...,
Natural selection drives what,
Catching killing and subduing prey
18
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Mutualisms and symbiosis
Definition of symbiosis,
Are mutualisms symbiotic or non s...,
What can mutualisms help to underpin
13
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Diversity and Trophic structure
What does 1km squared of rainfore...,
How can we quantify diversity,
How else can diversity be described
14
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Functional roles within communities
3 types of key species with highe...,
Most abundant or have the highest...,
What causes a species to become d...
18
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Disturbance and succession
What is meant by stability,
What is the nonequilibrium model,
Examples of disturbances
16
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Patterns of biodiversity in ecological communities
Factors most tightly correlated w...,
What is biogeography,
2 key factors that shape biodiver...
17
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Ecosystems
Definition of an ecosystem,
Examples of small and large ecosy...,
How can all ecosystems by understood
13
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Primary production
What is meant by primary production,
Global energy budget determines t...,
Primary production is driven by
19
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Competition
Organisms compete for resources w...
1
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Biogeochemistry
Biogeochemical cycles involve what,
General model of nutrient cycling,
What is permineralization
15
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Energy transfer in ecosystems
Secondary production,
Gross secondary production,
Net secondary production
16
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Biodiversity
3 levels of biological diversity,
Officially known,
Known unknowns
12
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Conservation approaches
For effective conservation need t...,
How can we protect species threat...,
Iucn red list
9
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Global change
What is agriculture,
What is bnf,
Importance of nutrient enrichment
14
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Sustainable development
What is a cowboy economy,
What is spaceship economy,
What is economic theory
10
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