APS278: Tropical Forest Ecology & Conservation Flashcards

Decks in this Class (14):

• Lecture 1 Introduction

  Lecture 1: Introduction

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  where are the tropics,

  temperature in the tropics,

  tropics mainly dry wet
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• Lecture 3 Sampling Diversity In Tropical

  Lecture 3: Sampling Diversity in Tropical Forests

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  problems with sampling in the tropics,

  designing a point count study,

  species accumulation curve axis
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• Lecture 4 Gap Dynamics

  Lecture 4: Gap Dynamics

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  in the 1930s aubreville proposed ___,

  3 main stages of gap mosaic model,

  gaps are a ___ part of forests dynamics
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• Lecture 5 Adaptions To Light

  Lecture 5: Adaptions to light

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  light powers tropical forests via,

  the ability to exploit such contrasting,

  acclimation
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• Lecture 6 Inter Specific Interactions

  Lecture 6: Inter-specific interactions

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  herbivory plant defences plants have evo,

  herbivory plant defences interaction of,

  herbivory plant defences ___ are the mos
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• Lecture 7 Hyperdiversity

  Lecture 7: Hyperdiversity

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  simplest measure of species diversity bi,

  tropical forests are ___diverse,

  rainforests are estimated to be home to_
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• Lecture 8 Problem Of Diveristy

  Lecture 8: Problem of diveristy

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  disturbance delays competitive exclusion,

  lots volterra model for competition betw,

  neutral dynamics
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• Lecture 9 Janzen Connell

  Lecture 9: Janzen-Connell

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  problem of explaining diversity,

  when is competition highest in the tropi,

  in tropical forests insect species richn
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• Lecture 10 Evidence For Diveristy

  Lecture 10: Evidence for diveristy

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  what is the evidence for j c how to test,

  j c looking at assumptions removal of na,

  j c looking at assumptions host speciali
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• Lecture 11 Hunting Wildlife Trade

  Lecture 11: Hunting & Wildlife trade

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  difference between pristine forest and h,

  current hunting rates are ____ and hunti,

  each km 2 of tropical forest can only su
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• Lecture 12 Logging

  Lecture 12: Logging

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  between 2000 2005 __ of tropical forests,

  over __ million hectare of tropical fore,

  ____ now dominate remaining tropical for
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• Lecture 13 Agriculture And Sustainabilit

  Lecture 13: Agriculture and sustainability

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  there has been a _____ of agriculture,

  ____ of tropical agriculture,

  tropical forests conversion to agricultu
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• Lecture 14 Fragmentation

  Lecture 14: Fragmentation

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  forest clearance is rarely wholesale and,

  habitat fragmentation,

  3 stages to fragmentation process
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• Lecture 15 Pes

  Lecture 15: PES

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  total cost of down listing bird species,

  pes,

  whats an ecosystem service
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