Unit 2 Vocab APES

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Biodiversity

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Biodiversity hotspots

Hot spots have high biodiversity and many species that cannot be found anywhere else in the world

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Genetic diversity

variations in the genetic makeup among a species

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Species Diversity

the number of different species within a defined area

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Habitat diversity

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Ecosystem diversity

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Species richness

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Species evenness

The evenness of the distribution of different species in a population, ex: 5 monkeys and 5 iguanas

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Resistance

an ecosystem’s ability to resist change

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Resilience

an ecosystem’s ability to bounce back from disasters and recover to its original state after disturbances.

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Ecosystem services

Benefits that ecosystems provide that help with things humans do. Provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural

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Specialists

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Generalists

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Provision

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Aquaculture

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Island Biogeography

A theory that states that the larger and closer an island is to the mainland, the more biodiverse it will be

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Species-area curve

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Population bottleneck

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Ecological tolerance (fundamental niche)

the range of conditions in which an organism can survive

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Realized niche

the niche that a species fulfills in reality

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Geographic range

the area where a species can be found

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mass extinction

a large-scale die-off of species

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periodic disruption

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episodic disruption

andom disruption

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random distruption

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intermediate disturbance hypothesis

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evolution

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