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Ecology |
Is the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. Term was coined by Ernest Haeckel in 1866 |
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Natural selection |
The process by which individuals with better adapted heritable characteristics tend to survive and reproduce better than others without these characteristics |
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Population |
A group of individuals of the same species that live in a particular area and interact with each other |
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Community |
The group of populations that interact with one another. Excludes abiotic factors |
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Ecosystem |
The community of organisms including the abiotic factors as well |
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Landscapes |
Patchworks of multiple communities and ecosystems, view from high scales typically |
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Biomes |
Large scale regions dominated by similar types of ecosystems |
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Orographic or rain shadow effect |
Windward side of mountain is cooler and more moist, inland side is arid |
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Respiration |
Where O2 is taken up and the being releases CO2 as a byproduct |
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Parent material |
What soil is made of when the material is worn down and weathered (I. E underlying rocks or minerals) |
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Mechanical weathering |
Parent material physically starts to break down |
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Chemical weathering |
When the chemical composition begins to break down from acid or half life |
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Horizons |
It goes O A B C |
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Face runoff |
Overland flow of excess water |
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Salinity |
The measure of dissolved sort content in water |
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Niche |
The role an animal fills in an environment |
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Age structure |
The proportions of age within a population that help determine if the population is growing, stable, or declining |
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Carrying capacity |
The maximum amount of individuals that a environment can support |
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Intraspecific interactions |
Biotic interactions between members of the same species |
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Interspecific interactions |
Biotic interactions between two different types of populations |
