Population Ecology
This term refers to a group of one species living in a particular area at a particular time.
What is population
This records wildlife calls and environmental sounds.
What is an Acoustic Recording Unit (ARU)
The process where organisms better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass on their advantageous traits, causing species to change and evolve over time.
What is natural selection
These are the three main types of population dispersion.
What is clumped, uniform, and random
This term refers to a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.
What is an endangered species
This is the process of actively repairing, managing, and rehabilitating ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged, or destroyed by human activity
What is habitat restoration
This is the movement of individuals from one area to another.
What is dispersal
This term refers to species that are chosen for conservation because conserving that species also protects the habitat of many other species.
What is an umbrella species
This method is used to count the number of bird species in a given area by observing them from a fixed point.
What is a point count survey
This kind of niche refers to the range of abiotic AND biotic conditions a species can exist.
What is realized niche
This is the collective area in which all members of a particular species are found during their lifetime.
What is geographic range
What is a keystone species
What two environmental factors are commonly used when modeling the niche for a terrestrial species?
What is temperature and precipitation (or humidity)
This kind of niche describes the range of abiotic conditions under which species can persist.
What is fundamental niche
This term is used to describe the total number of individuals of a particular species within a specific area or ecosystem.
What is population abundance
This term refers to the process of an animal or plant breeding with an individual of another species. (Ex: Golden-winged Warbler crossbreeding with the Blue-winged Warbler)
What is hybridization
This is the process of determining the suitable habitat conditions for a species spatially, on a map.
What is ecological niche modeling
This evolution process occurs when two animals evolve the same feature to overcome a pressure in their environment.
What is convergent evolution
The measurement of the number of individuals living in a specific, defined area, typically calculated as the total population divided by the land area is called this.
What is population density