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22 Cards in this Set
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limiting factors
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the critical resource whose supply determines the population size of a given species in a given biome
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Biome
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one of many distinctive types of ecosystems determined by climate and identified by the predominant vegetation and organism that have adapted to live there
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Biosphere
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the sun total of all earth's ecosystem
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additive effects
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exposure to two out more chemicals has an effect equivalent to the sum of their individual effects
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indicator species
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the species that are particularly vulnerable to ecosystem perturbations, and that when we monitor them us advance warning of a problem.
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Intraspecific competition
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competition members of the same species
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detritivore
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consumers (including worms insects, crabs, etc) who eat dead organic material
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tragedy of the commons
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the tendency of an individual to abuse commonly held resources in order to maximize his or her own personal interest
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core species
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species that's prefer core areas of a habitat areas deep within the habitat away from the edge
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endemic species
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state of a species being unique to defined geographic location
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ultraviolet radiation
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short wavelength electromagnetic emitted by the sun
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biodiversity
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the variety of species of earth
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sustainable development
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economic and social development that meets present need without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
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intrinsic value
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an object's our species with, based on its mere existence out has an inherent right to exist
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biocentrism
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life centered; humans and other species have a right to exist and are worthy of protection
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ecocentrism
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system centered value is given to the whole, including interactions such as those between wind and skill and between species as well as natural processes
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anthropocentrism
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human centered, only humans have intrinsic value and resources are here to meet human need and wants
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commercialism
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a symbiotic relationship between individuals of two species in which one benefits from the presence of the other but the other is unaffected
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range of tolerance
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the range with in upper and mower limits, of a limiting factor that allows a species to survive and reproduce
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triple bottom line
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considering the environmental, social, and economic impacts of our choices
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climax species
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species that nice intro am ares at later stages of ecological succession
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sliding reinforced
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action that are beneficial at first may change conditions such that their benefit declines over time
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