Ecosystems
Biogeography
Behavioral Ecology
Population & Community Ecology
Behavioral Ecology continued
100
Deep part of a lake
What is Limnetic Zone
100
An environments physical characteristics (temp, precipitation, light) that determines an organisms distribution
What is Abiotic factors
100
Organisms response to its environment
What is Behavioral Ecology
100
Group of same species in the same area
What is a population
100
WHY an action occurs
What is Ultimate Causation
200
Contain non-woody plants
What is Marshes
200
Faunal boundary separating Asian and Australian organisms
What is Wallace Line
200
"Cost benefit" in feeding
What is optimal foraging theory
200
Two or more different species in the same given area
What is a community
200
Altruistic behavior among non-related adults
What is Reciprocal Altruism
300
A biome characterized by moderate species diversity and productivity
What is Temperate Forest
300
Competition for resources that determines an organisms ecological niche
What is Biotic Factors
300
HOW actions occur
What is proximate causation
300
Lynx predation on snow hares
What is Top-Down Control
300
When Br>C
What is when altruism occurs (Hamiltons Law)
400
Atmospheric circulation that explains deserts occurring at 30 degrees and rainforests at 0 degrees latitude
What is Hadley Cells
400
3 things that determine geographic range of a species
What is 1) Abiotic Factors; 2) Biotic Factors; 3) Dispersal
400
An innate, highly variable, stereotyped behavior
What is a Fixed Action Potential
400
Survivorship curve many plant species follow
What is Type I curve
400
Type of signal used by predators or for mating
What is a Deceitful Signal
500
Type of water found in estuaries
What is Brackish water (Part fresh and salt water)
500
3 ways interactions with other organisms limits geographic location
What is 1) competition for resources; 2) reproduction; 3) parasitism
500
5 questions of behavioral ecology
What is 1) What to eat; 2) Who to mate with; 3) Where to live; 4) How to communicate; 5) When to cooperate
500
The diversity index (H) of an area with 96 pigeons, 1 robin, 1 crow, 1 sparrow, and 1 cardinal
What is H= 0.223
500
Behavior that changes in response to learning
What is Condition Dependent Behavior
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