Carbon
C6H12O
What is glucose?
Alternating arrangement, long pointy buds
What is American beech?
Example of a resource an organism might compete for
What is food, water, shelter, mates?
Group of same organisms in a certain area at a specific time
What is a population?
Bird that grabs relatively large prey with its talons
What is a raptor?
Trapping of suns heat in lower atmosphere by blocking infrared radiation
What is greenhouse effect?
Deciduous conifer
What is tamarack?
Both species benefit from close association
What is mutualism?
the agent that 'selects' for or against traits of an organism
What is the environment?
Don't touch a baby bird lest the mother reject it
False-birds (except vultures& maybe parrots) can hardly smell.
Net removal of C or CO2 from atmosphere
What is sequestration?
Exfoliating orange bark
What is Scots pine?
A rank in the feeding hierarchy
What is trophic level?
Process whereby organisms best matched to environment leave the most offspring, changing gene pool going forward
What is natural selection?
Special feature of owls which helps their hearing
What is asymmetry of ears?
Third largest carbon reservoir
What are terrestrial soils?
Flat needles with petiole attaching them to twig
What is hemlock?
Relationship describing highest biodiversity at middle level of disruption
What is Intermediate disturbance hypothesis?
field that provides evidence that species are most similar to those with proximate distribution (latitude, elevate, isolation) historically
What is biogeography?
Shape of owl eyes which provides binocular vision & boosts depth perception
What is tube-shaped?
Photosynthesis in excess of respiration demand
What is net photosynthesis?
Shaggy bark, scale-like leaves
What is Northern white cedar?
Dominant species prevents another from inhabiting area
What is competitive exclusion?
1. Natural variation (heritable) within every species
2. Overproduction
What are Darwin's observations that led to theory of natural selection?
Are male or female birds of prey larger? (why?)
What are females? (job is to defend nest-best to be big & scary, males job is to get food-best to be agile, quick, small)