Environmental
thick fur coats during the winter is an example of what mechanism to cope with the environment
morphological capabilities
innate behavior
a population explosion is a result of a
unchecked exponential growth
the total of all the ways an organism uses the resources of its environment
niche
give me an example of an amphibian
- frog
- salamanders
- newts
how does natural selection help organisms deal with challenges in their environment
evolutionary adaptation
a neural circuit involved in the perception of the key stimulus and the triggering of a motor program
fixed action pattern
factors that affect the population and depend on population size
what interaction benefits one species and is neutral to the other
commensalism
where does Aiden like to eat?
(Olive Garden)
example of type 1 survivorship curves
humans
an animal learns to associate its behavior with a reward or punishment
k-selected life history traits (at least one)
- small brood size
- late reproduction
- high degree of parental care
benefits both species
mutualism
where did we go on a field trip
DC
what is another name for a population in a poorer area
sink metapopulation
alarm call for each other, many different animals gain advantages from living this way
social living
a bar graph of the number of people in each age category
population pyramid
feed on exterior surface of an organism
ectoparasites
when is our ice cream party
monday
what type of population has behavioral interactions, and resource competition
uniform spacing
selection that favors altruism directed relatives
kin selection
how is growth rate of a population calculated (formula)
r = (b-d) + (i-e)
presence of one species may affect a second by way of interactions with a third species
indirect effects
who is this
Maddie