evolutionary history of species or groups of species
What is phyogeny
100
lineage that separated very early in a tree
What is basal taxa
100
study of interactions between/among organisms and their environment
What is ecology
100
Four characteristics of populations are
What is size or density, dispersion, demographics, and growth
100
a group of same species with potential to interact and interbreed
What is a population
200
science used to construct phylogenies, classify organisms and then determine evolutionary relatedness
What is systematics
200
represents extinct or extant organisms
What are branch tips
200
a major life zone defined by vegetation or climate and disturbances where organisms are affected by precipitation and temperature and boundaries are strong latitudinal patterns and vertical layering
What is terrestrial biome
200
Three ways to measure population size is by...
What is extrapolate from smaller samples, relative counts of indicators, and mark-recapture
200
The four factors that limit organism distribution are...
What is biotic factors, abiotic factors, dispersal, and behavior- habitat selection
300
science of naming and classifying organisms
What is taxonomy
300
ancestrial trait that is shared by 2 or more taxa and common ancestor
What is plesiomorphy
300
turnover/upwelling occurs during these two seasons
What is spring and autumn
300
the three types of dispersion are
What is clumped, uniform, and random
300
what can lead to adaptive radiation and is tested via species tansplants
What is dispersal
400
phylogenetic trees tell us what two things
What is evolutionary relatedness and patterns of descent
400
derived trait that is found in 2 or more terminal groups that do not share a recent common ancestor
What is homoplasy
400
An aquatic biome can be defined by two factors. What are they?
What is physical and chemical
400
age specific summary of survival of a population
What is a life table
400
vital statistics of a population overtime is known as
What is demography
500
Phylogenetic trees dont show us three things, what are they?
What is phenotypic similarity, absolute age, and assuming one taxa evolved from the taxa next to it?
500
Name the type of phylogenetic groups that go along with plesiomorphy, synapomorphy, and homoplasy in that order
What is paraphyletic, monophyletic, and polyphyletic
500
Organisms are affected by there three things in aquatic biomes
What is nutrient availability, water depth, and water movement
500
the survivor ship curve where the death is high at a young age is known as curve type number..
What is type 3
500
Name the variables in the equation N=sn/x
What is s is the number of individuals caught and marked at time 1, n is the number of individuals caught at time 2, x is the number of individuals with a mark at time 2