APS246 Ecosystems in a Changing Global Environment

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Decks in this class (18)

ecosystems at the heart of global change (terrestrial lecture 1)
How is carbon dioxide exchanged b...,
Define gross primary productivity...,
What are ecosystem structure func...
5  cards
carbon and ecosystem productivity (terrestrial lecture 2)
Define biome,
How to measure leaf productivity ...,
What does nasa modis do what does...
7  cards
ecosystem dynamics and carbon sinks (terrestrial lecture 3)
What is the leaf economics spectr...,
Neutral theory vs niche different...,
What are the tropical forest nich...
9  cards
deforestation and forestation (terrestrial lecture 4)
What is the state of tropical def...,
Land use change in crete evidence...,
What drives tropical deforestatio...
8  cards
phenology, productivity, and climate (terrestrial lecture 5)
What is phenology what does it af...,
How does phenology constrain grow...,
How have growing season lengths c...
7  cards
biomes and global climate (terrestrial lecture 6)
What is climatic zonation of biomes,
Why does climate cool with altitu...,
Why does climate cool as latitude...
11  cards
what controls global biome distributions/why dont palms grow in sheffield (terrestrial lecture 7)
Why dont palm trees grow in sheff...,
Factors determining global distri...,
What is the response of species f...
8  cards
carbon cycling of high latitude ecosystems (terrestrial lecture 8)
What are the characteristics of b...,
What are the characteristics of a...,
What do taiga and tundra have in ...
7  cards
climatic and biological events in high latitude ecosystems (terrestrial lecture 9)
Fire in boreal forests are they c...,
Fire on tundrawhat do tundra have...,
Herbivore outbreaks insects opero...
8  cards
permafrost ecosystems (terrestrial lecture 10)
What is permafrost where is it ca...,
What is the active layer what is ...,
What are the ecosystem controls o...
6  cards
fires in the earth system (terrestrial lecture 11)
What are the conditions for wildf...,
What are crown fires,
What are surface fires
12  cards
herbivore (terrestrial lecture 12)
Why is the world green,
Effect of herbivores in savannahs...,
Plant functional traits and commu...
14  cards
introduced exotic tree species (terrestrial lecture 13)
Where are eucalypts from where ar...,
What are the dominant trees in af...,
Phylogeographic history dispersal...
9  cards
marine ecosystems of the world (marine lecture 1)
Ocean statisticshow much of the e...,
Phytoplankton where how much oxyg...,
Marine phytoplankton characterist...
29  cards
marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (marine lecture 2)
What is ecosystem functioning how...,
What functional pathways does eco...,
How to measure marine ecosystem f...
10  cards
species-energy relationships in the deep sea (marine lecture 3)
Why are there ecogeographic gradi...,
What is the relationship between ...,
What is the relationship between ...
14  cards
rarity and extinction risk in the sea (marine lecture 4)
Why do people incorrectly assume ...,
What is the reality,
What are the threats unique to ma...
9  cards
planetary boundaries for a blue planet (marine lecture 5)
What is the planetary boundaries ...,
What was holocene stability,
What is the anthropocene
20  cards

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