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19 Cards in this Set
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mites
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live in human eyelashes and dust mites are most abundant animals in human dwellings
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coyotes
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invaded urban areas of NA and expanded their regions
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geckos
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urban nocturnal lizards that feed on insect, little ecological impact
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nematode worms
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found EVERYWHERE
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millipedes
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common scavengers in gardens
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layers of tropical forest
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herb-immature-understory-canopy-emergent
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bromeliad
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type of epiphytes, typically have long spiky leave and form bowls of water where animals such as frogs can live in (spanish moss)
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epiphytes
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plants that grows on another plant for pure support, doesn't use it as a host
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coevolution
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plants and animals help each other survive and reproduce (pollination)
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toucans
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use beaks to eat fruits
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varzea forest
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flooded forest
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tierra firme forest
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tree falling forest
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habitat alteration
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humans alter environments that benefit and deter others(build roads, dredge rivers, etc.)
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habitat destruction
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humans remove and replace natural habitats that kill organisms that once lived there
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exploitation
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hunting/killing/eating animals and plants for food/clothing/shelter, impact on marine biodiversity
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brown tree snake
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caused birds in guam to go extinct
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lampre
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leech-like fish that attached to fish and caused many to die in the Great Lakes , species declined dramatically
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cane toads
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eats insects, introduced in florida for pest control
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blind snakes
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accidentally introduced by crop plants
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