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Population
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area that interact and interbreed.
Commonness in Species
Varying definitions include range size, local vs global abundance, and local vs global biomass.
Temporal Shift
Falcon migration patterns change presence depending on the time of year, not all niches occupied at once.
Biomass Measurements
Measured through carbon, humans and livestock make up most of the mammalian biomass.
Patterns of Organism Dispersion
Can be clumped, uniform, or random, influenced by abiotic and biotic factors.
Exponential Growth
Occurs with unlimited resources, as seen with reindeer on an island in Alaska.
Density-Dependent Mortality
Higher density leads to fewer hiding places from predators.
Survival Curves
Type 1 (humans), Type 2 (squirrels), Type 3 (ants) based on risk of death throughout life.
Community
Populations of different species living in the same area.
Diversity
Measured through species richness and species evenness, best protected by focusing on evolutionarily distinct species.
Foundation Species
Create structure and conditions necessary for ecosystem function.
Keystone Species
Disproportionally large effect on the environment compared to abundance.
Trophic Cascades
Effects of predators on prey populations that cascade through the food chain.
Rewilding
Re-establishing ecological processes and ecosystem functions using natural management strategies.
Ecosystem
Sum of all organisms and abiotic factors in a given area.
Limiting Factors
Prevent biomass accumulation, organisms can't grow without key resources.
Eutrophication
Runoff from fertilizers causing algae growth, leading to marine dead zones.
nitrogen and phsophrous
Temperature Rainforest
Biome found at high latitudes and altitudes with cool weather, high precipitation, and conifers dominating, including regions like Ireland and Great Britain.
Temperate Broadleaf Forests
Biome characterized by deciduous trees, cold winters, warm summers, and no extreme dryness.
Grasslands
Biomes located in the interior of continental masses and arid coastlines at temperate latitudes, with lower precipitation, low soil nutrients, and a high range of temperatures.
Savannahs
Biomes dominated by grasses, found in sub-tropical areas with seasonal rainfall, drought tolerance, and scattered trees like the Acacia tree.
Desert
Biomes located at 20-30 latitudes in both hemispheres, receiving less than 250 mm of precipitation and experiencing desertification due to climate change.
Mediterranean Scrub
Biome with hot dry summers, cool wet winters, scrub, and shrub vegetation adapted to fire, dominated by shrubs.
Tropical Forest
Equatorial biome with constant rainfall, little temperature variation, high biodiversity, and threats from climate change and deforestation.
Biodiversity Loss
Decline due to factors like land use change, habitat loss, pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, and climate change, leading to the need for targeted conservation efforts.
what kind of distribution does bristol whitebreak have
restricted distribution only found in the UK
fire moss and brown rats protray what kind of distribution
global
temporal shift
migration, changes habitat depending on time of year, falcon
wild land animals
most species are rodents, individuals are bats, and niomass is mammalls mostly white tialed deer
how do populations change
birth and immigration and death and emmigration
example of exponential growth
reindeer on an island in alaska; unlimited resources no predator
relationship between growth rate and carrying capacity
as N approaches K growth rate declines as resources become limited
what species portrays a type 2 survival curve where the risk of death remains stable throughout life
ground squirrel
what type survival curve do humans illistrate
type 1, highest risk with age
what is type 3 survival curve
ants, lowest risk when young
semelparity versus itereoparity
breeding onces with a large volume of offspring versus multiple times like humans
how is diversity measured
species richness and eveness
how is diversity best protected
focusing on evolutionarily distinct species
describe the difference between foundation species and keystone species
foundation species(bottom up) creates the structure and function for the ecosystem to operate so something like a beaver and a keystone species(top down) has a disproportionately large effect on the ecosystem despite their smaller population size
portfolio effect/redundancy
many species doing slightly different things iss productive
ecosystem
sum of all the organisms in a given area and their abiotic interactions
do distruptive influences need to happen in habitable landscapes
yes things such as fire need to be allowed to happen without dominating
rewilding
aims to restablish ecosystem functions by reintroducing native speices
why can reforestation be bad
planting trees in the wrong areas compromises other landscapes
threatens grasslands and wetlands
african nonforest areas are threatened due to reforestation
GPP(gross primary productivty)
amount of energy converted into organic material by autotrophs
NPP(net primary productivity)
GPP minus the energy used by autotrophs for themselves such as respiration
NEP(net ecosystem productivity)
total amount of biomass added to the ecosystem by all organisms
bogs have water and sunlight but what nutrient are they lacking
DO
eutrophication
runoff from fertilizers causes an increase in nitrogen and phosphorus thus increasing algae growth leads to marine dead zones
-more algae growth-> no sunlight plants die to lack of O2
bioaccumlation versus biomagnification
bioaccumlation is the build up of a toxin in an organism whereas biomaginification is the higher trophic level organisms having more of a toxin
phenology
how organisms are influenced by seasonal changes
two ways temperature determines gender
females at extreme temperatures and males in the middle or a single defining temeprature
tuatara
due to increasing temepratures more and more males are being produced
sea turtle
more females being produced with rising temperature so their are more nests and a population boom
bateman principle
female skewed population increases, male skewed population decreases
mesopredator
less apex predator and more mid level domestic predators
what does birds being fed in the winter cause
less need for migration
why are galapagos finch species decreasing
they are defined by the beaks but feeding on human food is decreasing the differences between speices
what is the interval for climate
average of at least thirty years
biomes sitting in the middle of climate zone…..
require larger biome changes to notice biolgoical effects
why is there an oscillation in seasons of CO2 concentration
minor oscillation in CO2 is due to more land mass in the northern hemisphere and during the winter less photosynthesis and more respiration produce more CO2->about 1 ppm difference in seasons
greenhosue effect
CO2, water vapour, and other greenhouse gases reflect infrared radiation toward earth increasing temperature
There is 13ppm discrepancy between the amount of CO2 we would expect and the actual amount in the atmosphere that we don't understand
IPCC
UN body for addressing climate change
energy supply versus demand side actions
supply is using solar and wind energy whereas demand is reducing demand so better insulating homes etc
Paris climate agreement
194 countries signed and agreed to keep earths temp below 1.5C increase
niche construction
organisms altering their environment
human heat stress
lobal mean warming of 7C would create zones where metabolic heat dissipation in humans would be impossible therefore questioning their habitability
bark beetle infestation in SW USA forest
warmer winters weakened the trees and made them more susceptible to disease indirect consequences
plant embolism
formation of bubbles in the xylem (water-conducting vessels)
-droughts cause this and even when water is available often it is too damaged to take advantage and uptake the water
are phenological events extending into autumn or starting earlier in spring
starting earlier in spring
will crop yeilds in high or low latitudes increase
high latitudes, wheat will also increase
what determines a biome
temeprature and precipiation
why do organisms need nitrgoen
amino acids, proteins, chlorophyll, soils are becoming depleted and atmospheric nitrogen is hard to access due to triple-bond
why do organisms need phopshorous
DNA phospholipids and ATP, found from weathering of rocks
what altidude is nitrogen limited
high altitude, nitrogen tends to be limited due to younger soils
what information does the red list provide
extinction risk of species
30X30 intitaive
>intiatiave to protect thirty percent of land and sea ecosystems by 2030 however the issues is neocoloniams or indigenous peoples rights because the person deciding what thirty percent to protect arent the same people living there