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Chapter 1: The Nature of Ecology
What is ecology,
Ecology is a broad discipline tha...,
Basic problem of ecology
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Chapter 3: The Aquatic Environment
Water covers about __ of the plan...,
The aquatic environment is a majo...,
Water has unique
71
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Chapter 4: Terrestrial Environment
What are the four major differenc...,
Desiccation living cells are __ _...,
Desiccation terrestrial organisms...
18
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Chapter 5: Ecological Genetics
What is natural selection,
What are the two conditions of na...,
What is an issue with studying ev...
12
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Chapter 7: Adaptations to Environment
Large diversity of species and of...,
All species must acquire what to ...,
Amwr for fitness
99
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Chapter 8: Populations
What is a population in ecology,
Populations are the ___ and ___ c...,
Modular vs unitary organism
60
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Peat Bog
What features do all bogs worldwi...,
Almost all water comes from,
Bogs are high or low in key nutri...
44
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Salt Marsh
What is a salt marsh,
They are hypoxic,
They have high low productivity
12
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Chapter 9: Population Growth
Population dynamics,
In a statistical study of a popul...,
What can we do with the data we g...
66
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Chapter 10: Life History Patterns
What is life history,
What does life history include 7,
Explain trade offs
25
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Chapter 13: Species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection
List population interactions betw...,
Population interactions between i...,
Population interactions between i...
37
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Chapter 11: Intraspecific Population Regulation
Exponential population growth is ...,
Is exponential growth likely to o...,
Human population growth in 2012 p...
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Chapter 12: Metapopulations
Models of population before this ...,
Metapopulations,
What are the four conditions for ...
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Chapter 14: Interspecific Competition
Interspecific competition,
Interspecific competition is prob...,
Competition
27
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Chapter 17: Community Structure
Ecological hierarchy,
The biological structure of a com...,
Species diversity species richness
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Chapter 16: Parasitism
Parasitism,
Symbiosis,
Transmission of parasites two ways
14
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Chapter 15: Predation
Predation,
What is predation important for,
Defences against predation can be
26
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Chapter 18: Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities
The fundamental niche is a ____ o...,
The set of adaptations a species ...,
Along with an environmental gradi...
27
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Chapter 19: Community Dynamics
What is succession,
What is community dynamics,
Explain the colonization of concr...
28
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Chapter 20: Landscape Ecology
Why are communities often viewed ...,
What is a patch,
What is landscape ecology
34
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Chapter 21: Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
Whats an ecosystem,
Ecosystem ecology focuses on what,
What are some beneficial ecosyste...
71
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Chapter 22: Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling
Primary production depends on the...,
What is the original source of mi...,
What happens to the nutrients onc...
44
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Chapter 23: Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical cycles,
What are important components of ...,
What are the two source types of ...
70
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Chapter 30: Global Climate Change
Climate refers to,
Climate change occurs when,
Why should we care about climate ...
17
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