Metapopulation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Test bank for Ecology: The Economy of Nature 9e 9th Edition by Rick Relyea. ISBN-13: 5542 Full Chapters test bank included Chapter 1 An Introduction to Ecology 1.1 Ecological Systems Exist in A Hierarchy of Organization Individuals Populations Communities Ecosystems The Landscape The Biosphere 1.2 Physical and Biological Principles Govern Ecological Systems Conservation of Matter and Energy Dynamic Steady States Evolution 1.3 Different Organisms Play Diverse Roles in Ecological...

GEOG 274 MIDTERM AND FINAL PREP 2024 - COMPLETE CLASS SUMMARY FOR DUFFUS 274. THANK ME LATER Contents Course Objectives 2 What is biogeography? 2 The key supporting players in the sci-drama 3 Models 5 Exponential growth 5 Logistic population growth 6 R and K 7 Assumptions for logistic growth 9 Hutchinson's Niche 10 The Red Queen hypothesis 11 R and K selected species 11 Life table analysis -- Leslie matrix 14 Survivorship curves 15 The equilibrium theory of island biogeography ...

Succession - Answer -recovery after disaster Photosynthesis - Answer -the process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose Cellular Respiration - Answer -the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water Food Chain - Answer -the sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers Food Web - Answer -a complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels Detrivore...

Regular logistic growth - Answer-Goes up exponentially then plateaus Niche - Answer-The range of abiotic and biotic conditions an organism can tolerate/handle Fundamental niche - Answer-the range of abiotic conditions under which a species can persist Realized niche - Answer-the range of abiotic and biotic conditions under which the species can persist fundamental/realized niche of american chestnut - Answer--Fundamental niche: Is climatic and soil conditions throughout eastern USA. - Real...

ENWC 201 Final Exam Latest Version Graded A+ "Paper Parks" by legislation an area is assigned protection, but in reality they receive little, or no, resources for actual implementation. They are protected on paper, but not in reality. Anthropocentrism all environmental responsibility is derived from human centered ethics and done in the interest of human benefit Basic concept of incentive driven conservation make wildlife more valuable alive than dead Biocentrism life centered...

Ecosystems interacting system of biotic and abiotic components in a particular area or place Biomes major terrestrial communities or major ecosystems that often recur on the continents Ecosystem Components species richness species diversity ecosystem function Species richness number of species in a particular community Species diversity number of species present and some measure of species evenness Ecosystem function how the ecosystem works in its many ...

Biology 180 - Exam 4 Rated 100% Accurate!! metapopulation - ANSWER - a population of populations connected by migration replacement rate - ANSWER - average fertility required for each woman to produce exactly enough offspring to replace her and her offspring's father community - ANSWER - all species that interact in a certain area commensalism - ANSWER - (+/0) one species benefits but the other is unaffected competition - ANSWER - (-/-) individuals use the same resources - lower ...

Population - Answer Group of individuals from the same species that live in the same area at the same time Population density - Answer Number of individuals per unit area - Vary throughout the range What are the types of distribution of population density? [3] - Answer - Random - Clumped - Uniformed Random distribution - Answer Positions of individuals independent of each other Clumped distribution - Answer Result from patchy habitat or social organisms Uniform distribution - A...

What is ecology? - Answer-the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment What are the 5 areas of ecological study? - Answer--Organismal: study of physiological, evolutionary, and behavioral mechanisms used by individual organisms to meet ecological needs -Population: how populations interact with their environment, how and why the # of individuals changes over time, the proportion of males to females, age of individuals, how likely they are to reproduce or di...

Define fecundity - correct answer The ability to reproduce Define fertility - correct answer The average number of offspring per reproductive female What is the relationship between life cycle complexity and reproductive rate? - correct answer Organisms with a simple life cycle generally reproduce quicker Describe a stage of life in which an organi...