Responses to the Environment
The study of how evolutionary processes shape inherited behaviors and the ways that animals respond to specific stimuli
Ethology
Chimps breaking open oil palm nuts is an example of
Social Learning
Living or once living components of an environment
Biotic factors
Non-living- physical and chemical properties of the environment
Abiotic factors
The study of the factors that affect population size and how and why it changes over time
Population ecology
Type of behavior that depends on environmental influence.
Learned Behaviors
How a behavior occurs or how it is modified
Proximate Cause
Exchanges of energy that increase the entropy of the universe
2nd law of thermodynamics
Results in loss of mass and eventual death of an organism
Net loss of energy
Clumped, uniform or random pattern spacing
Dispersion
A change in the rate of movement or the frequency of turning movement in response to a stimulus- non directional
Kinesis
Triggered by environmental cues such as
1sun's position
2 Earth's Magnetic Field
3 Celestial Cues
Migration- Innate behaviors
The total amount of energy an animal uses in a unit of time
Metabolic rate
Uses thermal energy from metabolism to maintain body temperatures
Endotherms
Model to show a population living under ideal conditions shown as a J curve
Exponential growth
A long-lasting behavioral response to an individual.
Imprinting
Directional movement towards or away from a stimulus
Taxis
Autotrophs use light energy to synthesize organic compounds- herbivores
Primary producers
This gets energy from detritus (non living organic material)
Decomposers
The number of individuals per unit area
Density
Allows plants to develop in response to day length, plant flowers only at certain times of the year
Photoperiodism
Animals using landmarks as environmental cues is an example or
Cognitive map- spatial learning
The amount of chemical energy in a consumer's food that is converted to new biomass
Secondary production
The total primary production in an ecosystem
Gross primary production
Low death rate during early/middle life and high death rate later in life is shown as what type of curve
Type 1 curve