On the test

What are the Key functional Elements of disturbance?

-Time of year (season)
-Intensity
-Frequency
-Abiotic resources
-Biotic resources
-Interactions with other disturbances

Name 5-10 adaptations of Castor Cadensis that make them successful

-Castorem (substance form castor glands by tail used to groom and scent mark territory)
-waterproof fur
-strong teeth
-lips that close behind their teeth
-webbed feet
-transparent eyelids
-nose&ear valves shut to keep out water when swimming
-large flat tail used for swimming, fat storage, and warning calls
-oversized lungs=can hold breath for<15 min
-microflora in stomachs to digest wood

How many acres burned in the 1988 fire in Yellowstone burned barely under?

800,000 acres

Structure

how an ecosystem is laid out
-drives the ecological process

Function

What the structures do (often more than 1)
-drives the ecological process

Ecological Process

The reasons why things happen
-Driven by the way the environment is structured

A species that potentially paved the way for species such as ours

Australopithecus afarensis or the Lucy
-3.9-2.9 mya 3 million years ago

Ecosystem attributes

-Structure
-Function
-Complexity
-Interact and interdependence
-Temporal change
(all drives the process)