Ecology

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Ecology Domain (10)

  • Abiotic
  • Biotic
  • No descendents dep on?
  • Fitness
  • Ecotype
  • Speciation occ when?
  • 2 types^^?
  • Mass extinction; what and 2 causes?
  • Explos adapt radiation?
  • Convergent evo?
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Conditions (12)

  • pH and temp
  • Toxicity
  • Niche determined by?
  • Fundamental?
  • Realised?
  • Calc physio time 
  • Temp regulation
  • Cold
  • Hot 
  • Arctic and tundra
  • Behavioural fever?
  • Global patterns biodi?
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Resources (17)

  • What req?
  • Plants need?
  • Comp for light cause by?
  • Plants open stomata
  • Desert
  • Long lived
  • HIgh Co2 means?
  • Saprophytes eat?
  • Generalist?
  • Specialist?
  • Coevo example?
  • Aposematic colour is?
  • Mimicry?
  • 2 types
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Comp (12)

  • 2 types?
  • Inter types (2)?
  • Niche partitioning?
  • Env factors eff?
  • Spec distribution due to?
  • Comp leads to?
  • Community?
  • Carry capacity?
  • B>D?
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Predation (7)

  • Exploitive?
  • Parasite?
  • Foraging efficiency?
  • Refuges do what?
  • Refuges response?
  • Pred response to increased prey density?
  • S>H?
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Para (3)

  • What do they do to host?
  • Example?
  • Stages?
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Life and Death (12)

  • N now calc?
  • 2 characteristics populations?
  • Measuring density?
  • Est pop size?
  • Problem?
  • Dispersion x3 types
  • Life history
  • How indi and spec vary?
  • Reproductive episodes x 2
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Primary prod (15)

  • Biomass?
  • Primary prod?
  • Net prim prod?
  • Assimmilation?
  • Meas prod?
  • Downflow has inc co2 why?
  • Inc temp does what?
  • Leaf area index calc?
  • Glob vege index?
  • No levels supported in chain limited why?
  • Energy from prod to pri consumer is inefficient why?
  • Limited consumption why? (2)
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Life History (6)

  • Annual species?
  • Survivorship curve (what plotted)?
  • 3 types response
  • Long lived org
  • Iteroparity occ when?
  • Why is delaying age of 1st reprod ep favoured?
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Pop growth (6)

  • Expand due to?
  • Needed for rapid growth?
  • R is what?
  • R>0?
  • R influenced by?
  • Carry capacity?
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Complexity (9)

  • Resilience is?
  • Resistance is?
  • Measuring?
  • Stab does what with complexity?
  • Resilience does what?
  • Ruderal is what?
  • Stress tolerant is what?
  • Ponds have?
  • Complexity lower where?
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Trophic cascades (6)

  • Defense mech reason?
  • Inducible e.g.?
  • Why inducible?
  • Biomanip involves?
  • Increased vegetation means?
  • Nutrients determine?
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Spat and Temp (13)

  • Dispersal influenced by?
  • Stress?
  • Disturbance?
  • Facillitation is?
  • Succession is?
  • Primary succession?
  • Secondary?
  • Clementsian is?
  • Gleasonian is?
  • Old field; 4 stages?
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Behavioural Ecology (12)

  • Foraging?
  • Social behaviours determine?
  • 3 types?
  • Mating behaviour is related to what?
  • Courtship allows?
  • Lekking spec?
  • Altruism?
  • Reciprocal?
  • Inclusive fitness?
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Disturbance (7)

  • Unpredictable, e.g.?
  • Components?
  • Intensity calc?
  • High levels?
  • Without it?
  • Consequences?
  • Inc patch no?
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Global Patterns (7)

  • Spec - area equation?
  • Biodiv hotspot?
  • Area important?
  • Immi has what lev on large islands?
  • Extinc has what lev?
  • Tropical climate?
  • More spec where?
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Forest Ecology (12)

  • Stands?
  • Patches inf by soil?
  • Crown expansion?
  • Horizontal structure is?
  • Uses?
  • High complexity means?
  • Trees class by light req (2)?
  • Ecosystem functions (3)?
  • Neutral theory is?
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Applied ecology (11)

  • Humans cause?
  • Increased fire means?
  • Landscape structure is?
  • Influences?
  • Clim change important?
  • Ecotone?
  • Spec involved?
  • Meta pop?
  • Pop density decreases with?
  • Emmi>Immi?
  • Phenology is?
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