Eco Flashcards

(43 cards)

1
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Instinctive falls under

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innate

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2
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habituation and classic conditioning under

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learned

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3
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Learning that can only occur during specific interval in animal’s life

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imprinting

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4
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taste aversion is

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classic conditioning

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5
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learning not to respond to stimulus

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habituation

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6
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Chemical serving as communication signal between members animal species

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pheromones

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7
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Benefits males females offspring

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promiscuous

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8
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do malemammals lactate

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no

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9
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social system in which resources and mating opportunities uneuqually distributed within a group

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dominane heirarchy

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10
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most of workers are sterile, some produce offspfing

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eusocial animals

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11
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benefits others at expense of individual

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altruistic bheavior

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12
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Alleles associated with altruism can be advantageous if the expense of rthis behavior to the altruist is outweighed by increases in reproductive success of realties

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William Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness

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13
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when resources are distributed evenly in enviro

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random dispersion occurs

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14
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births equals deaths

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zero population growth

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15
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limits pop growth and has greater effect in dense poulations

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density dependent limiting factor

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16
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arises regardlesss of the population size

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independent

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17
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R selected is

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opportunistic life history

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18
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K selected is

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equilibrial ife history

19
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favors traits allowing bearers to produce most offspring the most quickly

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opportunistic life history

20
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slowly reproducing

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equilibrial life historty

21
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Humans are type

22
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benefits 1 species, neither helps nor harms the other

23
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one species living in another

24
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Directional selection leads to

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character displacement

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drive weak to extinction
competitive exclusion
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insets lay eggs inside another insect
paranoid
27
2 effects
distance and area effect
28
depict tropic relationships of species
ecological pyramids
29
what cycle
biogeochemical
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gaseous plays big role
atmospheric cycle
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``` Photosynthesis Respiration Exchange Land nd marine food webs Sedimentation Combustion ```
carbon
32
Organism crucial nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria
33
is phosphorous gaseous
not mainly
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evergreen broadleaf trees
tropical rain forests
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Broadleaf trees lose leavs
deciduous forests
36
boreal
conifers
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nutrient enrichment aquatic
eutrophication
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dry grassland to desert
desertification
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hurt ozone
cfc
40
dinoflagellates
color reefs
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obtain energy from vents
chemoautotrophs
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cooler water, less rainfall
la nina
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have trees
savannas