C1
This thing acts as a fermentation station for large ungulates wherein symbiotic microbes process food
Rumen
Logging, Pollution, and Recreation are forms of what type of disturbance?
Anthropogenic (human-mediated)
When thinking of disturbance, what plant community might we find buried meristems?
Savannas
Fens flush and bogs ________?
clog - e.g., bogs typically only lose water through evapotranspiration whereas fens flush, via stream or other drainage type.
the removal of plant biomass by animals?
herbivory
On average, peatlands may burn at rates as low as (1cm/h). T or F?
T
This layer in woody plants is very sensitive to fire. Just 60 degrees Celsius and 60 seconds of exposure may impose irrevocable damage.
Cambium
Soil depth and _______ levels are often correlated making soil depth a good medium to assess competition?
nutrient
"Short-lived event that causes a measurable change in the properties of an ecological community"
Disturbance
Distrubance can have siginificant impacts to a plant community, both positive or negative? (T or F)
True!
Rapid movement of plants shoot in response to competition
Shoot thrust
Strobilis refers to what plant part? And what group of plants do they typically reside with?
Cone, conifers
What are the components of the fire triangle?
Oxygen, heat source, fuel
Proportion of biomass killed or removed following event is associated with what principle?
Intensity
What are 2 factors that make the western US prime for wildfire?
Many answers: low humidity, fire suppression, conifer dominated forests, wind, etc.
The dominant fire type in a coniferous forest is a ______ fire?
Crown
plants capacity to do damage or hinder its neighbor
Competitive effect
{DOUBLLLLEEE} is it the case that herbivores control plant communities more often than plants controlling herbivores or is it vice versa? Is this top-down or bottom up?
NDVI stands for ________________ and it measure the difference between infrared and red light to give us an understanding of vegetation density.
Normalized Difference in Vegetation Index
Microsporophyll - is it related to a female or male cone?
male
We discussed three cautions when considering/interpreting anti-herbivore defenses. One is whether the trait is accurately described? (e.g., is it truly herbivory), another is the true impact to community. What is missing?
Time scales - most plants likely coevolved with large herbivores but most are now extinct.
plants ability to withstand effects of competitive neighbors
Competitive Response
Competition that involves one plant being directly or indirectly impacted negatively.
Interference Competition
What are two biotic resources that plants may compete over
Soil Microbes / Pollinators
Below ground competition often increases with decreases in ________________?
Nutrient content