Animal Ecophysiology Flashcards

Decks in this Class (16):

• What Is Animal Ecophysiology

  What Is Animal Ecophysiology?

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  what does the bewick swan do where does,

  what was found in the lab study carried,

  what is oxygen intake equivalent to
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• Animal Energetics

  Animal Energetics

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  what is basal metabolic rate bmr,

  what is bmr usually confined to and why,

  what is standard metabolic rate
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• Animal Energetics 2

  Animal Energetics 2

  Sample Cards:

  why is bmr not constant,

  why measure field metabolism,

  how do you measure an animals metabolism
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• Animal Energetics 3

  Animal Energetics 3

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  why is the metabolic rate of a gentoo pe,

  what are the problems associated with th,

  what are the benefits of the heart rate
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• Seasonality

  Seasonality

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  what signals cause the brain to produce,

  what bird has 3 sub species that breed a,

  what is an annual cycle
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• Seasonal Breeding 2

  Seasonal Breeding 2

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  what are the two effects of long days on,

  what is photorefractoriness,

  what is breeding timed to coincide with
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• Climate Change And Endocrinology

  Climate Change And Endocrinology

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  what overall effect is climate change ha,

  give an example of a bird where the envi,

  describe the results of a study carried
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• Adapting To Arctic Weather And Preparing

  Adapting To Arctic Weather And Preparing For Migration

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  what is a stress response,

  what are the long term and short term re,

  what are the processes of the adrenal ax
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• Migration 1

  Migration 1

  Sample Cards:

  what two structures are used for the ups,

  what is the power output,

  what is the power input
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• Migration 1

  Migration 1

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  what two structures are used for the ups,

  what is the power output,

  what is the power input
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• Migration 2

  Migration 2

  Sample Cards:

  how can metabolic rate be measured durin,

  why does flight generate a lot of heat,

  where is heat usually dissipated in the
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• Migration 3 Thermoregulagion 1

  Migration 3/thermoregulagion 1

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  what is v formation flight in migrating,

  what is hypometabolic,

  what is the thermal neutral range
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• Heat Production In Ectotherms And Endoth

  Heat Production In Ectotherms And Endotherms

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  what are the two ways ectothermic animal,

  in insects what does the thorax heat up,

  how do bumble bees remain warm
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• Energy Saving Mechanisms

  Energy Saving Mechanisms

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  how does the marine iguana slow the rate,

  what is heart rate hysteresis,

  how is heat controlled in endothermic an
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• Huddling And Torpor

  Huddling And Torpor

  Sample Cards:

  what are the only adult species of pengu,

  what is torpor,

  how is torpor distinguished from sleep
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• Desert Life

  Desert Life

  Sample Cards:

  how can an animal gain water,

  how can an animal lose water,

  what are the percentage losses and gains
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