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Boreal Ecology

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Lecture 1 What is boreal
What does boreal mean,
Boreal region definition,
Types of terresterial boreal habi...
4  cards
Lecture 2 Geology and Climate
Ice ages,
What was the pleistocene epoch,
Pleistocene epoch ice sheets 4
18  cards
Lecture 3 Ice
Where does thermal energy come from,
3 mechanisms that transfer heat e...,
Conduction
26  cards
Lecture 4 snow
What is a biome,
Boreal regions definition and 3 t...,
The tundra 3
28  cards
Lecture 5 Habitats
9 dominate tree species area and ...,
Confer adaptations to short growi...,
How do conifers tolerate nutrient...
13  cards
Lecture 6/7 Adaptations
What must plants and animals over...,
What happens to plant tissue when...,
How do boreal plants escape frost...
26  cards
Midterm 1 long answer questions
What are the 4 modes of heat tran...,
What are the three definitions of...
2  cards
Lecture 8 Migration (unit 2)
Migration definition,
Dispersal definition,
Migratory examples
19  cards
Lecture 9/10 Plant and Animal Interactions
Types of symbiosis,
Types of herbivores 4,
Plant herbivore interactions main...
25  cards
Lecture 11 Cetaceans
Marine food chains 3,
Order cetaceans,
Family odontocetes
14  cards
Lecture 12 marine ecology
Phytoplankton 5,
Ice algae 3,
Arctic cod and capelin 4
12  cards
Lecture 13 Polar Bears (last unit)
Polar bear overview 3,
Polar bear adaptation to ice,
Polar bear diet
11  cards
Lecture 14 diversity
What is diversity 3,
Genetic diversity 2,
Population diversity 3
22  cards
Lecture 15 Extinction
The 6th mass extinction 7,
Biodiversity objective,
Biodiversity crisis 4
7  cards
Lecture 16 Invasive species
What prevents species from disper...,
Human effect 3,
What are invasive species definit...
12  cards
Lecture 17 ecosystem services
Societal models a,
Societal model b,
Societal model c
11  cards
Lecture 18 indirect effects
Direct vs indirect effects,
Types of indirect effects 2,
Yellowstone wolves
6  cards
Lecture 19 owls and parasites
Paratism,
Parasite definition,
Community on an individual host
8  cards
Lecture 20 Climate Change
How warming causes warming,
Permafrost as a carbon store,
How warming causes warming sea ice
5  cards

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