Coywolves
Ecosystem Services
Ecological Succession
Trophic Levels
Biomes
100
When pups are born
What is around April 1
100
Regulation of hydrological flows
What is water regulation
100
The phenomenon of transition from one biotic community to another
What is ecological succession
100
An organism that creates its own food.
What is an autotroph
100
Very dry; hot days, cold nights, minimal rainfall
What is the desert
200
A parent
What is an alpha
200
Movement of floral gametes
What is pollination
200
Driving succession forward by improving conditions for subsequent species
What is facilitation
200
An organism that feeds on organic matter for energy
What is a heterotroph
200
Standing water, at times seasonally dry, think organic sediments, high nutrients
What is an inland wetland
300
The two species from which Coywolves hybridized
What are Eastern Wolves and Western Coyotes
300
The portion of primary production extractable as food
What is food production
300
The process of initial invasion and progression from one biotic community to the next seen usually after a volcanic eruption or glacier
What is primary succession
300
If a mouse eats grass and a cat eats the mouse and a coyote eats the cat then the coyote is a
What is a third level consumer
300
Bitter cold, except for short growing season with long days and moderate temperatures and minimal rainfall
What is the tundra
400
Name one of the six major results/findings
What is taxonomy, territories, social dynamics, activity patterns, denning behavior, movement patterns
400
Sources of unique biological materials and products
What is genetic resources
400
The progression of one biotic community to the next through a series of distinct stages
What is secondary succession
400
Eat larger dead things; may also eat living things some of the time
What is a scavenger
400
Great depth: 11,000 meters, all but upper 200 meters are dark and cold, poor in nutrients
What is open ocean
500
The size of adult foot
What is 3.5 inches
500
Regulation of atmospheric chemical composition
What is gas regulation
500
The final stage of ecological succession
What is climax ecosystem
500
Fungi and bacteria that cause rotting
What are chemical decomposers
500
Tidal currents promote mixing, nutrients are high
What is the coastal ocean
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