Survivorship Curves
Biodiversity
Island Biogeography
Population ecology
Disturbance & Succession
100

This is the type of curve typical of r-selected species

What is Type III?

100

These are the three levels of biodiversity

What are genetic, species, and ecosystem?

100

The biodiversity of this size island and distance from the mainland would likely be low

What is small and far from the mainland? 

100

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same place at the same time

What is a population?

100

A volcanic eruption would lead to this type of succession

What is primary succession? 

200

This is the type of curve typical of K-selected species

What is Type I? 

200

The number of species present in an area

What is species richness?

200

There are usually more resources available on these sized islands

What are large islands? 

200

What is exponential growth?

200

When a disturbance leaves soil intact, this type of succession occurs

What is secondary succession?

300

This is the type of curve for the animal shown here

What is Type I?

300

The relative abundance of the species present in an area

What is evenness?

300

Specialists are likely to evolve on islands of this relative size

What is small islands? 

300

The maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support

What is carrying capacity (K)? 

300

The first species to colonize after a disturbance are known as this

What are pioneer species?

400

An organism that has a cyclical boom and bust population curve would likely have this type of survivorship curve

What is Type III?

400

These are two indices that account for both the number of species present and their relative population sizes

What are Shannon and Simpson?

400
Large islands close to the mainland are more likely to have multiple species at the same trophic level, a condition known as this

What is trophic redundancy?

400
Fast-growing, early maturity, and high reproductive output

What is r-selected? 

400

Hundreds of years after a disturbance, when an area has recovered, the community is known as this

What is a climax community?

500

On the survivorship curves, this is what the y-axis represents

What is percent survival?

500
This is currently the biggest threat to biodiversity

What are humans? 

500

This is one way individuals can arrive to an island from a mainland

What is <answers vary>? 

500
A life history that often involves parental care of its offspring

What is K-selected?

500

After a glacier retreats, these primary producers are the first to colonize the barren rock

What are lichens and mosses?

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