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Population
A group of individuals of a single species living in the same general area
Uniform dispersion
Even dispersion because of territoriality and intraspecific competition
Random dispersion
Lack or absence of strong attractions or repulsions
Clumped dispersion
Resource clumping leading to Protection or Cooperation
Selected K traits
Traits are favored at high densities
Like Humans produce few but take care
Survivorship curve type 1
K population
Near carrying capacity and density dependent
R population
Per capita rate away from carrying capacity and is density independent
R traits
Traits maximize reproduction
Like clams produce many but do not take care of them
Survivorship curve type 3
Density dependent factors
Territoriality, competition for resources, disease, predation, toxic wastes, and intrinsic factors
Density independent factors
Natural disasters and Weather
Exponential Growth
J shaped curve with unlimited resources due to no carrying capacity
Logistic Growth
S shaped graph and limited resources due to Carrying capacity (K)
Community
A group of populations of different species living close enough to interact
Competitive exclusion Principle
2 species competing for the same limiting resources cannot coexist in 1 place
Resource Partitioning
Differentiation of ecological niches enabling similar species to coexist in a community
Character Displacement
Differences of Niches in similar species that are present when they are both in the same place but not when they are in different places
Optimal Diversity
Maximum richness and equal relative abundance
Energetic Hypothesis
10% of energy in one trophic level is utilized in the next so top trophic level species cannot obtain enough energy, limiting the length of the food chain.
Dynamic Stability Hypothesis
Long food chains are less stable than short food chains because if one species decreases the food chain/web collapses
Fundamental Niche
Potential functions in an environment without Competition
Realized Niche
Actual functions in an environment with Competition
Primary Succession
When the environment starts without soil
Secondary Succession
When the environment starts with soil
Ecosystem 1
All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact
Ecosystem 2
one or more communities and the physical environment around them
Matter vs Energy Flow
Matter Cycles while Energy Flows
Energy changing forms
Sunlight reaches the earth, then is turned to chemical energy by Autotrophs, and released as heat
Trophic energy flow
Photoautotrophs with consume light energy → Chemoautotrophs turns energy into chemicals → Heterotrophs consume the chemical energy and excrete it → Is now waste for Detritivores
Gross Primary Production
Amount of energy producers obtain, then photosynthesize into chemical energy
Net Primary Production
Amount of biomass left for Consumers after Producers use GPP for respiration
Eutrophication
Increased levels of nutrients (N and P) caused by intense primary production that cause aquatic algae to grow rapidly and deoxygenate the entire aquatic area or community
Reservoir
Where elements exist and processes that transfer elements between them → sedimentation and erosion
Biogeochemical cycles
Any of the various chemical cycles, which involve both biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems
Nitrogen fixation
Carbon fixation