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Lecture 1-3: Environment
Ecology 1,
Biotic environment 2,
Physical abiotic environment 3
32  cards
Lecture 4: Evolution and Ecology
Biology all arises from 1,
Evolution 2,
Gene 3
41  cards
Energy and production in ecosystems
Primary producer 1,
How does photosynthesis makes hig...,
Heterotrophic 3
28  cards
Biomes
How do we characterize dominant p...,
We can classify biomes by their 1,
Plant growth forms from increasin...
36  cards
Aquatic Zones and Characteristics
Ibiotic communities of lentic lak...,
Pelgaic zone 2,
Euphotic zone 3
25  cards
Lecture 7: Nutrient supplying and cycling
Nutrients 1,
Nutrients enter food chain with p...,
Nutrients from taken up by plants 3
37  cards
Lecture 8: Energy flows and food webs
Food web data connects 1,
Food web 1,
Decomposition 2
21  cards
Global change biology
Human influences around globe 1,
Habitate degradation 2,
Habitat fragmentation 3
14  cards
Questions
Ecology is not the study of inter...,
Which of the following is not nec...,
If ___ is strong an allele that d...
19  cards
Lecture 10: Physiology
Human influences around the globe 1,
Aaas initiative on climate change 2,
Effects of climate change for hum...
59  cards
Lecture 11:Physiology II
Types of water potential are 1,
Water flows along water ____ 2,
Gravimetric water potential gravi...
49  cards
Lecture 12: Behavioral Ecology
Animals need 3 critical needs 1,
Behavior 2,
Behavioral decisions often 3
23  cards
Lecture 13: Life History Tradeoffs
Not all individuals contribute in...,
An organism s life history is 2,
Life history characteristics incl...
38  cards
Lecture 14: Population spatial structure
Ecologists try to understand what...,
Population 2,
When species interact it means 3
55  cards
Lecture 15: Population Dynamics 2
Constant per capita population in 1,
Assumptions for population model ...,
Exponential population growth occ...
26  cards
Lecture 16: Pop Dynamics continued
Special problem of small populati...,
Small populations more susceptibl...,
All populations are finite and de...
48  cards
Lecture 17: Predator Prey Cycles
Competition 1,
Predation 2,
Herbivory 3
29  cards
Lecture 18: Disease Dynamics
If infectious disease 1,
Infectious disease temporal patte...,
How can we tell if a disease will...
24  cards
Lecture 19: Competition
Competition 1,
Resource 2,
Aspects of the environment that a...
32  cards
Lecture 20: Mutualisms
Mutualism 1,
Commensalism 2,
Amensalism 3
21  cards
Lecture 21: Community Structure
Community is the sum of 1,
Community 2,
What is example of clear division...
33  cards
Lecture 21: Community Dynamics
Succession 1,
Primary succession 2,
Secondary succession 3
28  cards
Lecture 22: Biogeography
Biogeography 1,
Species richness and composition ...,
Where has higher diversity 3
33  cards
Lecture 23: Biogeography and Conservation Ecology
Island biogeography theory givens 1,
Theories of local species coexist...,
Island biogeography theory 3
38  cards
Importance of Ecology
Knowledge of carbon cycle 1,
Knowledge of nitrogen cycle 2,
Ecological maxims 3
8  cards

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