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35 Cards in this Set
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· Primary succession |
o Pioneer species est first § Tolerant of extreme conditions § Facilitate est of other species § No living organisms there |
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· Secondary succession |
Inititated by human and natural disturbances. |
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Population dynamics
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· The population size of a species in a given place and time is determined by the interplay between biotic and potential
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Population Dynamics 2 |
o Dense populations generally have lower birth rates and higher death rates, which lead to slower growth |
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Ecosystem |
· A biological community plus all of the abiotic factors influencing that community
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Tundra |
· Cold winters · Water often freezes which is unavailable to plants · Treeless · Artic
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Temperate rainforest |
· High rainfall · Seasonality in temp
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Tropical Rainforest |
· Near the equator · High rainfall · Temp vary little during the year
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Tropical seasonal forest |
Warm temp Precitpitation varies seasonally o Wet and dry seasons |
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Chaparral/ thorn scrub (desert) |
· Warm and dry summers · Cool and moist winters · Vegetation thickets · Fire is a major disturbance |
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Grasslands and savannas |
· Seasonal cycles of precipitation of temp · Inadequate rainfall for trees · Fire is the major disturbance · One upported great herds of hervbivores |
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Barrier islands
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Lines of islands that protect the shore from strong storms |
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Coral reefs
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Aquatic ecosystem for living organisms, also are highly productive. |
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Human Disturbances
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Humans modifying living organisms space for our own benefit |
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Landscape ecology |
· Study of landscape and structure and processes
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Geographic Information Systems GIS |
o Tech used for studying spatial pattern and relationships in the landscape.
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Dynamics and landscape change
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Changes in patches overtime |
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Scale
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· Patch size and identity will vary on the species and ecosystems characteristics.
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How many years to reach 3 billion people |
150 Years |
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Black Plague |
Killed many and was rose colored spots. People would carry around flowers to keep away the smell of the disease |
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Karl Marx |
Inadequite distribution of goods |
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Technological optmist |
Find new ways in the health field to create new ways of cures |
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Economist |
Humans are the natural resource to living life |
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Social Justice viewpoint |
Inadiquite distribution of resources |
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Ecologist |
· Advances and improvements come at the expense of natural resources |
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Immigration |
Coming in |
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Emmigration |
Going out |
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Fertility rate |
The maximum number a woman can bear to give children |
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Age structure |
More young people are being born then people dying off |
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Pro natalist
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Children will mainly take care of the elderly |
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Family planning |
· Enables couples to control number and spacing of offspring
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Methods of fertility control |
· Prolonged breast feeding · Celibacy · Abortion · Infanctcide |
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Weather |
description of the physical conditions of the atmosphere |
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Climate |
Longer term of measure and patterns of weather cycles |
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Weather and climate |
Moisture, water, pressure, air all have variables within weather and climate |
