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ecosystem processes - lecture 9/10
Define evotranspiration 1,
Where does the energy come from f...,
What happens to water vapour lost...
26  cards
competition lecture - 13/10
need to add coexistence when multiple shared resources and by differentiation
19  cards
predation lecture - 16/10
Polyphagous organisms 1,
Monophagous organisms 2,
Oligophagous organisms 3
13  cards
history of evolutionary thought lecture - 29/9
Platos initial thoughts of life o...,
Early biblical understanding of l...,
Why did darwins theory of evoluti...
10  cards
competition, cooperation and predation in microbes lecture - 16/10
Bacteriophage 1,
Lytic infection 2,
Lysogeny 3
13  cards
pathogens lecture - 20/10
Primary pathogens 1,
Opportunistic pathogens 2,
Amphibiosis 3
21  cards
genetic variations in populations lecture - 2/10
Polygenic 1,
Genetic polymorphisms 2,
Allozymes 3
12  cards
endoparitism lecture - 23/10
Define parasite 1,
Define endoparasite 2,
Define ecological interaction 3
15  cards
ectoparitism lecture - 23/10
Define ectoparasite 1,
Adaptive radiation 2,
Evidence that ectoparasites are n...
9  cards
plant symbiosis lecture - 3/11
Define symbiosis 1,
Mutualism 2,
Mychorrhizae 3
24  cards
animal symbiosis lecture - 6/11
Animal microbiome 1,
Symbiotic relationship between bo...,
Benefit to humans of gut microbio...
9  cards
mutualism lecture - 6/11
Risks of mutualism 1,
Obligate organism 2,
Facultative organism 3
14  cards
commensalism lecture - 10/11
Define commensalism 1,
Define anthropogenic commensalism 2,
Define phoresy 3
8  cards
kin selection lecture - 13/11
Define evolutionary fitness 1,
Define inclusive fitness 2,
Define altruism 3
9  cards
altruism lecture - 13/11
Define altruism 1,
Why is altruism such a big questi...,
Strategy which could explain altr...
4  cards
studying animal behaviour lecture - 24/11
Define behaviour 1,
Proximate questions 2,
Ultimate questions 3
7  cards
foraging lecture - 27/11
Optimal foraging theory 1,
Advantages of optimal foraging th...,
Criticisms of optimal foraging th...
9  cards
fossil record lecture - 2/10
Taphonomy 1,
Indicator fossil 2,
How is the age of rocks determined 3
12  cards
signalling lecture - 27/11
Define signal 1,
Define communication 2,
4 types of communication 3
13  cards
sexual selection lecture - 1/12
Anisogamy 1,
Intrasexual selection 2,
Intersexual selection 3
9  cards
parental care lecture - 4/12
Define mating system 1,
Polygyny threshold model 2,
Define leks 3
13  cards
human behaviour lecture - 4/12
What two factors drive changes in...,
Differences between natural selec...,
What is the argument that culture...
10  cards
history of life lecture - 6/10
Define abiogenesis 1,
Heterotrophs 2,
Autotrophs 3
21  cards
patterns of life lecture - 9/10
Ecoregion 1,
Anthromes 2,
Anthropocene 3
16  cards
niches lecture - 26/1
Define a fundamental niche 1,
Define a realised niche 2,
Define environmental niche 3
19  cards
life histories lecture - 26/1
Define life history theory 1,
Define phenotypic plasticity 2,
Define ageing 3
9  cards
modelling populations lecture - 26/1
Define demography 1,
Carrying capacity k 2,
2 main challenges when counting p...
11  cards
fluctuating populations lecture - 2/2
Difference in population fluctuat...,
Geometric growth model 2,
Delayed density dependence 3
11  cards
sustainability lecture - 2/2
Define sustainability 1,
Maximum sustainability yield msy 2,
When do you know msy has been cro...
5  cards
communities lecture - 2/2
Define ecological communities 1,
Trophic cascade 2,
Define hemiparasite 3
10  cards
mutation, drift and selection 1 + 2 lecture - 16/2
Assumptions of the hardy weinberg...,
Wahlund effect 2,
Genetic drift 3
10  cards
molecular evolution lecture - 16/2
Define molecular evolution 1,
Problems with using amino acid ba...,
4 different amino acid classes 3
4  cards
molecular phylogenetic lecture - 23/2
Among genes homology 1,
Among sequence positional homology 2,
Character state homology 3
9  cards
adaptation and speciation lecture - 23/2
Geological species concept 1,
Ecological species concept 2,
Biological species concept 3
11  cards
phylogeography lecture - 23/2
Define phyelogeography 1,
What is vicariance 2,
What is dispersal 3
5  cards

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