Community
Population
Ecosystems
Behavioral Ecology
Bio
100
an assembly of populations of various species living close enough for potential interaction
What is a Community
100
Is the number of individuals per unit area or volume
What is density
100
all the organisms living in a community
What is an ecosystem
100
what does the color red mean to some fish/animals (male stickleback fish)
What is attack
100
a factor that controls a process, such as organism growth or species population, or size.
What is limiting factors
200
two species competing for the same limiting resources cannot coexist in the same place
What is the competitive exclusion principle
200
Is the pattern of spacing among individuals within the boundaries of the population
What is dispersion
200
primary consumers
What is a herbivore
200
a behavior that is innate, and cant be reversed. *like in Twilight.
What is imprinting
200
animals that communicate through odors emit chemical substances called
What is pheromones
300
an organisms role in society
What is a niche
300
May be influenced by resource availability and behavior when individuals aggregate in patches
What is a clumped dispersion
300
secondar consumers
What is a carnivore
300
Is a simple change in activity or turning rate in response to a stimulus
What is A kinesis
300
is a population increase under ideal conditions
What is Exponential growth
400
Begins in an area where soil remains after a disturbance
What is secondary succession
400
when individuals are distributed evenly, may be influenced by social interactions.
What is a uniform dispersion
400
Have large standing crops despite the large numbers of herbivores
What is terrestrial ecosystems
400
Is a more or less automatic, oriented movement toward or away from a stimulus (like a yellow cab)
What is a taxi
400
the maximum population size that an environment can support
What is Carrying capacity
500
the setting of Lion King
What is a savanna
500
the position of each individual is independent of other individuals
What is random dispersion
500
connects all trophic levels. the last step in the nutrient cycle
What is decomposition
500
Birds do this every time the seasons change
What is migrate
500
what an animal does and how it does it
What is behavior
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