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Unit 2 Flashcards

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  • broad niche
  • adaptable to many environments
  • less likely to become extinct
  • variety of resources
  • high range of tolerance
  • advantage in changing conditions
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generalist

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keystone species that creates or maintains habitat for other species

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ecosystem engineer

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diversity of ife forms in an environment

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biodiversity

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variety of genes on a region

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genetic diversity

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  • no regular pattern
  • hurricanes
  • volcanic eruptions
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random

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  • occur somewhat regularly
  • weather patterns
  • high/low pressure
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episodic

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  • day/night
  • moon phases
  • tides
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periodic

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about of a system to continue functioning under changing conditions or during disturbances

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ecosystem stability

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evolutionary force that cause a particular phenotype to be more favorable in certain environmental conditions

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selective pressures

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ecosystems with high species diversity have high resilience

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ecosystem resilience

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final stage of succession

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climax community

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ecosystems provide numerous support services such as pollination of food crops, filtration of pathogens and toxins from water

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supporting services

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ecosystems regulate environmental conditions

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regulating services

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the awe-inspiring beauty of nature has instrumental value because it provides an aesthetic benefit for which people are willing to pay for

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cultural services

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these are the goods used directly by humans

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provisioning services

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direct and indirect contributions ecosystems provide for human well being and quality of life

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ecosystem services

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development of a new ecosystem

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succession

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large set of situations in which adaptations ends up further increasing environmental degradation

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maladaptive

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species that no longer exists in one place but exists in another

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extirpation

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  • non-native species accidentally or purposefully introduced into a ecosystem that threaten or harm native populations
  • generalist and r-selected
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invasive species

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  • development of a new ecosystem on bare rock with NO soil and where there wasn’t one before
  • glacier retreats
  • volcanic eruptions
  • abandoned parking lot
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primary succession

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toxic contaminants such as pesticides, heavy metals, acids, and oil spills, thermal pollution, excessive nutrients, endocrine disruptors

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pollution

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habitat that is broken into pieces by devlopment, logging roads, industry, dams

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habitat fragmentation

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Est. 1973, it authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine which species can be listed as threatened or endangered and prohibits the harming of these species

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endangered species act

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states that larger habitats/islands typically contain more species and the closer the island is to the mainland the greater the species richness
theory of island biogeography
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traits that enable an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
adaptation
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variety of ecosystems in a region
ecosystem diversity
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plant or animal demonstrates that come distinctive aspect of the character or quality of an ecosystem is present
indicator species
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human activities
anthropogenic
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- species that can colonize new areas rapidly and grow well in full sunshine - ex. lichens and mosses
pioneer species
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- the belief that ecosystems serve to satisfy human needs, interests and has economic benefits - nature has worth as a tool to be used and measured in the services provided to humans
instrumental value
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group of similar organisms that can breed and reproduce fertile offspring
species
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- occurs when land is cleared of vegetation but soil remains, and a new ecosystem develops - natural disaster - deforestation farm abandoned
secondary succession
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number of species in a given area
species richness
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- a species that is not very abundant but has large effects on an ecological community - ex. sea otter
key stone species
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relative proportion of individuals within the different species in a given area
species evenness
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- this is the perspective that nature has value in its own right, independent of human uses - ecosystems have value because of their beauty, and spiritual or religious importance
intrinsic value
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change in the genetic composition of a population over time
evolution
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- any change in DNA, genes or chromosomes - DNA replication - occur in gametes/sex cells - benefit organism - create variation in a population and allow natural selection to happen
mutation
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the process in which the environment determines which individuals survive and reproduce
natural selection
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population experiences a drastic reduction in numbers due to habitat loss, natural disaster, harvesting by humans, or any other random event
bottleneck effect
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desirable traits
selected for
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bad eyesight and hearing
selected against
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- introduces desirable genes and other less desirable genes -takes a long time to obtain organism with desirable traits
artificial selection
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- all species are limited by the abiotic conditions they can tolerate - all species have an optimal environment in which it functions well - temp extremes, humidity, salinity, and pH
range of tolerance
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- unit of evolution - group of same species
population
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interactions among species
community
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global mass extinction event responsible for eliminating about 80% of all species of animals during Cretaceous and Paleogene periods about 66 million years ago
K-T mass extinction
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species that are found exclusively in a specific geographic region and nowhere else on earth
endemic
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- narrow niche - less adaptable - more likely to become extinct - eat specific foods - affected by changing conditions easily - advantage in same conditions
specialist
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the sum total of an organism’s use of abiotic/biotic resources in the environment
ecological niche
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large extinction of species in a relatively short period of time
mass extinction
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regions that contain a high level of species diversity
biodiversity hot spots
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population of species dies
extinction
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populations are geographically seperated, they will diverge from one another, both in the way they look and genetically
geographical speciation
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