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1: Individuals & life histories
Describe unitary organisms 1,
Describe the development of a mod...,
Describe the growth of modular or...
21
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1: Life tables & pop. growth
What is survivorship 1,
Describe a survivorship curve 2,
Describe a type i survivorship cu...
19
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1: Matrix projection models
What are matrix projection models...,
On a pop growth rate graph what d...,
What does mean in terms of pop gr...
4
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1: Pop. growth - Density dependence
When can exponential pop growth o...,
What is the classic exponential g...,
What does k represent 3
9
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2: Predation
Define competition 1,
Define predation 2,
Define mutualism 3
20
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2: Mechanisms of predation
Prey death function 1,
Describe a predator pop in terms ...,
Describe a prey pop in terms of f...
17
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2: Trophic cascades & max yield
What is a trophic cascade 1,
How were sea otters discovered to...,
How did the rinderpest virus bein...
18
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2: Competition
When do individuals compete 1,
Give some examples of resources i...,
Describe indirect competition 3
14
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2: Coexistence
When do competitors coexist 1,
Describe character displacement 2,
What is the r of a species 3
5
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2: Biodiversity & ecosystem function
Biochemical activity on earth det...,
Describe the redundancy hypothesis 2,
Describe a keystone species 3
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2: Community composition & species identity
Describe the criticisms of specie...,
Why does species identity matter ...,
Describe grimes mass ratio hypoth...
10
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3: Intro to macroecology
Define macroecology 1,
Define range size 2,
What are the 2 ways we measure ra...
16
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3: Species area relationships & island biogeography
Give some examples of different t...,
Why do larger islands have more s...,
Sars are steeper for large ____ s...
25
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3: LDG
What do we mean by diversity in l...,
Define beta diversity 2,
Define gamma diversity 3
18
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3: Elevational Gradients
Describe the climatic variation a...,
Mountains generate strong gradien...,
Due to _____ diversity some peopl...
11
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3: Abundance
What is abundance a key measure of 1,
Describe preston s canonical log ...,
Generally do communities have mor...
10
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3: Body size
Describe blackburn gaston s 1994 ...,
Why can mammals get much larger t...,
Why can terrestrial mammals get l...
12
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4: Marine conservation principles
Give some examples of human impac...,
Why are mangrove forests in mexic...,
Give some examples of commercial ...
12
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4: Fisheries & management
Give some consequences of fishing 1,
Describe the globalised nature of...,
Describe how how the globalisatio...
22
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4: Climate and species
Define a climatic niche 1,
What do bem models allow us to do 2,
List the 5 steps in bem modelling 3
12
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4: Surviving climate change
Define phenology 1,
How can we be sure changes in phe...,
List some of the benefits of phen...
11
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4: Invasive species
Describe what happened to stephen...,
Describe pacific island extinctio...,
Describe the natural experiment o...
12
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