biodiversity

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

study of distribution and abundance of organisms

Question 2

biodiversity

Answer 2

variation of life at all levels of biological organisation

Question 3

species

Answer 3

group of similar organisms who’s members interbreed

Question 4

community

Answer 4

all the populations of different species that live and interact in the same area at the same time

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

community and its abiotic environment

Question 6

linnean shortfall

Answer 6

how far you can measure biodiversity without knowing what’s there

Question 7

Alpha

Answer 7

single site
organisms competing for same resource

Question 8

beta

Answer 8

two sites
high beta implies low similarity in species among sites

Question 9

gamma

Answer 9

total species diversity in a landscape

Question 10

diversity hotspot

Answer 10

biogeographic region with high BD that is threatened with destruction

Question 11

keystone species

Answer 11

species with large effect on its environment relative to its abundance