Animal Behavior, ecology, conservation chapter 52 Bio 1202

What is the scientific study of interactions between organism and the environment ( living and nonliving)

Ecology

What is the fundamental characteristic of the physical environment and drives many ecological patterns (biomes)

Climate

What are the two main components of climate

temperature and precipitation

What environmental factors limit where a species is found in terrestrial

Climate and precipitation

What environmental factors limit where an aquatic species is found

Light and nutrient availability

Group of individuals of the same species living in same area

Population

Variables impacting population size and changes over time

Population ecology

Physiology, morphology, behavior, evolution

Organismal ecology

What type of ecological question is "How do hammerhead sharks select a mate?"

Organismal ecology

What type of ecological question is "What environment factors affect the reproductive rates of deer mice?"

Population ecology

Group of populations of different species in an area

Community

How species interactions affect community structure and organization

Community ecology

What type of ecological question is "What factors influence the diversity of spieces that interact at an African lake?"

Community ecology

Community of organisms in an area and physical factors with which they interact

Ecosystem

Energy flow and chemical cycling between organisms and environment

Ecosystem ecology

What type of ecological question is "What variables control photosynthetic productivity in a temperate grassland ecosystem?"

Ecosystem ecology

Mosaic of connected ecosystems (includes seascapes)

Landscape

Factors controlling exchanges of energy, materials, and organisms across multiple ecosystems

Landscape ecology

What type of ecological question is "To what degree do the trees along a river serve as a corridor for animals?"

Landscape ecology

Global ecosystem, sum of the planets ecosystem and landscapes

Biosphere

Influence of regional exchange of materials and energy on organisms across the biosphere

Global ecology

What type of ecological question is "How does ocean circulation affect the distribution of crustaceans globally?"

Global ecology

Which are has the strongest intensity of sunlight (most direct sunlight)

Tropics

What effects the type of plants found in certain areas

precipitation

Which climate is a very fine, localized climate

Microclimate

What is a point of integration (no sharp boundaries)

Ecotones

What are ecosystems shaped by

Disturbances

What is the most productive biome

Tropical forest

Which biome has the highest biodivesity

Tropical forest

Which biomes is in equatorial and subequatorial regions

Tropical forest

Which biome is arid, annuals trigged by rain, fast germination to fruit

Desert

Which biome is a grassland with trees

Savanna

Which biome is warm year round, tropical/subtropical

Savanna

Which biome has extreme seasonal variation in precipitation, maintained by fires and herbivores

Savanna

Which biome is precipitation highly seasonal (rainy winters & dry summer)

Chaparral

Which biome is in coastal regions and small mammals are ubiquitous

Chaparral

Steppes, prairies, pampas, and veldt/veld. are other names for which biome

Temperate grasslands

Which biome is usually dominated by deciduous trees

Temperate Broadleaf Forest

Which biome has coniferous forest, taiga and dominated by conifer trees

Boreal Forest

Which biome is very cold, low diversity, population cycles common, permafrost

Tundra

What is the movement of individuals/ gametes away from area of origin/ centers of high population density= global distribution of organisms

Dispersal