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Population dynamics
- Define ecology - Biotic & abiotic environmental factors - Ecological techniques
18  cards
Ecophysiology
- Understand what ecophysiology is - Describe Shelford’s law of tolerance - Explain the importance of ecophysiology and environmental variation in determining the geographic range of species o Determine the tolerances of organisms to a range of environmental factors o Clarify role and importance of physiological processes of species in their natural habitat o Importance of individual variation (genotype) within a population (genetic variation)
12  cards
Biomes
Name the 8 main biomes,
Define a biome,
What are the 2 main factors acros...
15  cards
Exploitation
Give 4 types of prey defence agai...,
Give 3 behavioural predatory hunt...,
Give 3 secondary chemical compoun...
18  cards
Behavioural ecology
What is the difference between th...,
What are derived traits,
What is an evolutionary stable st...
9  cards
Life histories
Describe the life history of the ...,
Decribe the life history of the s...,
Define life history
26  cards
Population growth
What is the difference between an...,
What does lamba represent in the ...,
What are the 2 assumptions of the...
5  cards
Landscape ecology
What did alfred russel wallace do...,
Why are island population distinct,
What is the founder effect
20  cards
Human ecology
What was the neolithic revolution,
Give the definition for human eco...,
Describe 2 other 18th century rev...
10  cards
Community diversity
How did charles elton describe a ...,
How did robert whittaker describe...,
How did robert rickleaf describe ...
30  cards
Energy flows
Give the 2 types of energy in a f...,
Give the 2 laws of thermodynamics,
Define primary productivity
22  cards
Nutrient cycling
What are the 5 essential elements...,
Define nutrient pool,
Define nutrient flux
11  cards
Species explosion & extinction
Briefly describe what happened in...,
When did vertebrates evolve accor...,
What was the most important devel...
15  cards
Coevolution & arms races
Define coevolution,
Define arms race,
What are the 2 types of camouflag...
10  cards
Conservation ecology
Give the 6 causes of genetic vari...,
Which types of selection increase...,
What is meiotic drive and how doe...
20  cards
Succession
Define succession,
Define primary succession,
Define secondary succession
12  cards
SOES2011 Dinosaurs
What 2 structures allowed marine ...,
Whats an amniota,
Define seymouria
35  cards
Good fungi
Give 4 nutritional facts about fungi,
Describe yeast growth,
Give the two pathways for yeast t...
16  cards
Bad fungi
Give 3 threats from fungi to humans,
What is fly agaric,
Name two of the most poisonous mu...
12  cards
Microsporidia
How many described species of mic...,
What type of microorganism is mic...,
How big is the microsporidia genome
12  cards

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