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Species

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a particular type of organism or a population or group of populations whose members share certain characterisitcs and can freely breed wiht one another and produce fertile offspring

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Population

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a group of individuals of a particular species that live in a particular area

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Evolution

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change over time, genetic change on populations of organisms acriss generations

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Natural selection

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the proess by which inherited characteristics that enhance survivial and reproduction are passed on more frequently to future generations than to those that do not

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Charles Darwin

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idk

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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idk

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Adaption

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a trait that confers greater liklihood that a individual will reproduce

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Adaptive trait

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trait that promotes success

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Mutations

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accidental changes in the DNA

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Artifical selection

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the process of selection condcted under human direction

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Biodiversity

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the variety of llife across all levels of biological organization

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Speciation

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the process in which a newspecies is formed

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Phylogenetic trees

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tree like diagrams that respresent the historyof divergence

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Fossil

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an imprint in stone of a dead organism

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Mass extintion events

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events so large it kills off massive numbers of species at once

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Biosphere

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the cumulitive total of living things on earth and the areas the inhabit

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Population ecology

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examines the dynamics of population changs and the factors that effect the distribution and abundunce of member of a population

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communities

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a population made up of mutiple interacting species that live in the same area

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Community ecology

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patterns of species diversity and on interactions amoung species

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Ecosystems

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communities and the nonliving material and forces with which their members interact

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Ecosysten ecology

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reveals patterns by studying living and nonliving components of systems in conjunction

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Habitat

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enviornment in which an organism lives in

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Habitat use

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nonrandom patterns of organisms living in specific places

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Habitat selection

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a process in which an organism selects their habitat

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Niche

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a species’ use of resources and its functional role in the community

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Specialists

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species with a very narrow niche and specific requirements

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Generalists

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species with broad tolerances, able to use a wide array of resources

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Population size

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number of individuals or organisms present at the given time

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Population density

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the number of in a population per unit area

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Population distribution/dispersion

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the spacial arrangement of organisms in an area

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Sex ratio

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its proportion of males to females

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Age distribution/structure

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the relative numbers of organisms of each age within a population

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Survivorship curves

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graphs that show the liklihood of survival based on age

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Demographers

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scientists who study human population

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Natural rate of population growth

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(crude birth rate) - (crude death rate)

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Population growth rate

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(crude birth rate - crude death rate) + (immigration rate - emmigration rate)

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Exponential growth

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a slow and steady increase

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Limiting factors

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physical, chemical, and biological things that restrain population growth

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Carrying capacity

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the max population size a species in a given enviornment can sustain

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Logistic growth curve

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rises sharply then begins to even out

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Density dependent

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their influence rises and falls with population density

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Density-independent

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their influence is not effected by population density

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K-selected

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species that populations tend to stabilize over time near carrying capacity

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R-selected

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soecies that have high biotic potential and devote their energy and resources to producing as many offspring as possible in a relatively short time

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Ecotourism

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visitation of natural areas for tourism