AP Bio Ecology Vocabulary

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Ecology

The study of interactions between an organism and its environment

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Organismal Ecology

How an organisms features help it survive in its environment

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Population Ecology

Environments effect on a populations size

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Community Ecology

Interactions between species

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Landscape Ecology

The energy and chemical flow through multiple landscapes

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Global Ecology

How regional ecosystems affect the biosphere

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Climate

Long-term weather conditions of a given area

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______ moderates the temperature of surrounding areas

Large bodies of water

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_______ disrupt wind flow and create distinct wet and dry sides

Mountains

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_______ reduce global temperature and increase precipitation

Forests

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Microclimates

Small, localized climates

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Tropical rainforest

High precipitation, 90-120 F

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Savanna

Medium precipitation, 60-80 F

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Desert

Very low precipitation, 90 -120 F or - 30-0 F

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Temperate grassland

Low precipitation, 0-80 F

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Deciduous forest

Medium precipitation, 10-90 F

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Taiga

Low precipitation, 10-90 F

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Tundra

Cold desert :P

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Chaparral

Low precipitation, 50 - 100

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Ecotone

Transition area between two biomes

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Disturbance

An event that alters the array of organisms and resource availability

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Photic zone

Aqueous area where thereā€™s enough light for photosynthesis

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Benthic zone

The bottom of any body of water

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Limnetic zone

Freestanding water thatā€™s far away from shore

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Neritic zone

Water that lies above the continental shelf

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_______ helps cycle nutrients and oxygen throughout a lake

Lake turnover

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Epimilion

The topmost, warmest layer of a lake

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Thermocline

Area between the epimilion and hypomilion where thereā€™s a dramatic temperature change

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Hypomilion

Bottommost, coldest, darkest layer of a lake

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Lake

Large or small stratified, contained bodies of waterLake

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Wetland

Water-saturated soil, important filter

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Streams & rivers

Speed and volume varies, salinity increases as it reaches sea level

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Estuary

Transition area between a river and the sea

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Hydrothermal vents

Bottom of the ocean, organisms get energy from hot plumes of water and nutrients

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Mark recapture method

A method of estimating population size by capturing a group of animals, releasing them, recapturing an other group and seeing how many from the original captured group are in the new group. M/N = m/n where M = marked animals, N = Estimated pop. size, n = # of animals captured during recapture, m = # of animals marked in recapture

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Logistic growth

Population size levels off as it reaches carrying capacity (S-curve)

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Exponential growth

Population size increases exponentially under ideal conditions (J-curve)

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Semplarity

When an organism produces all of its offspring at once

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Iteoparity

When an organism produces its offspring throughout its lifetime, rather than all at once

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K-selection

A strategy where organisms produce few offspring but have a high survival rate

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R-selection

A strategy where organisms produce many offspring but few survive

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Commensalism

+/0. One organism is benefited while the other is unaffected.

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Relative abundance

The ambulance of each species in relation to the total amount of organisms in the community

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Energy hypothesis

Only 10% of energy (on average) is transffered up each trophic level

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Foundation species

These species have many other species reliant on them. Their removal would cause a major disruption to the food web. Like grass

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Keystone species

Like less influential foundation species.

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Ecosystem engineer

A species that drastically changes the landscape around them. Like beavers.

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Primary sucession

When life returns to an area after life has been completly wiped out by a major disturbance

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Secondary sucession

When life returns to an area after life has been mostly wiped out by a major disturbance

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Pioneer species

These species are the first life forms to appear during primary sucession

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1st law of thermodynamics

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

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2nd law of thermodynamics

Energy exchange increases the entropy of the universe

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Autotrophes

These organisms can convert light energy into chemical energy to power themselves

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Heterotrophes

These organisms need to gain their energy by consuming other organisms

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Detrius

Nonliving organic matter

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Decomposers

Organisms that process detritus by breaking it down around them. Like mushrooms

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Detrivores

Organisms that process detritus by consuming it. Like worms.

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Gross primary production

Total primary production within an ecosystem

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Net primary production

GPP - energy used during cellular respiration

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Endemic species

Species that donā€™t appear anywhere else in the world

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