What 18th century development enabled the accurate mapping of the world?
John Harrison's clock
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Augustine de Candolle made the first distinction between the two great sub-disciplines of Biogeography: 1) The long (geological) timescales operating at continual-global spatial scales. Often concerned with larger units of biological classification
Historical
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2) The short (seasonal) timescales operating at habitat, local or intracontinental that affect the geographic distribution of living plants and animals is called (????) biogeography
Ecological
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What author does this theory belong to? 'Organisms have an 'inherent tendency' to improve'
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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What author does this theory belong to? 'Large fossil mammals extinct due a catastrophic event'
Georges Cuvier
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What author does this theory belong to? 'The differential reproduction and survival of individuals carrying alternative trails'
Charles Darwin
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What author does this theory belong to? 'Noted faunistic differences and similarities between regions of similar climate'
eorges Buffon
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What author does this theory belong to? 'Organs in different taxa may be homologous;same construction; different function (e.g. hand and fin).'
Etienne Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
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What author does this theory belong to? 'The current biodiversity is a result of natural selection and stochastic variables'
Charles Darwin
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Is Air an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
Abiotic
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Is Competition an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
biotic
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Is Water an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
Abiotic
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Is an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
Abiotic
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Is Predation an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
Biotic
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Is pH an abiotic or a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
Abiotic
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Augustine de Candolle made the first distinction between the two great sub-disciplines of Biogeography: 1) The long (geological) timescales operating at continual-global spatial scales. Often concerned with larger units of biological classification
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Historical
Card 3
Front
2) The short (seasonal) timescales operating at habitat, local or intracontinental that affect the geographic distribution of living plants and animals is called (????) biogeography
Back
Card 4
Front
What author does this theory belong to? 'Organisms have an 'inherent tendency' to improve'
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Card 5
Front
What author does this theory belong to? 'Large fossil mammals extinct due a catastrophic event'
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