Conservation Biology
Studies of biodiversity, how humans impact it, and how to maintain biodiversity
What is conservation biology?
Groupings of organisms based on how they obtain energy
What is trophic level?
I am an agent of change that causes reduced growth, reproduction and/or survival.
What is stress?
What is functional group?
1 species benefits while the other species receives no benefit in this species interaction
What is commensalism?
Food, resources, medicines, ecosystem services are some of the reasons why _____ is important
What is biodiversity?
The name for dead organic matter
What is detritus?
The process by which species composition changes over time in a location devoid of life
What is primary succession?
Accounts for the multiple trophic (feeding) interactions between each species and the many species it may feed on, or that feed on it.
Fungi that grow between root and cells and form a coat around roots
What is ectomycorrhize?
Increasing species introduction ions across the plant due to human activity has led to taxonomic _____
What is homogenization?
Energy obtained from outside an ecosystem
What is allochthonous energy?
When a community returns to its original form/function after a perturbation
What is stable community?
All the species in a community
What is species richness?
An interaction between species that ISN'T needed for their survival
What is facultative?
Invasive species, overexploitation, and pollution lead to reduced habitat quality called habitat _____
What is degradation?
An inverted biomass pyramid results from a combination of factors: ______ algal growth, and high _______ efficiencies due to high nutritional content of algae
What is HIGH and ACTIVATION ENERGY?
When original conditions are restored and a community does not revert to its original state, we say that ______ has occurred
What is hysteresis?
Considers relative abundances and number of species
What is species diversity?
Type of mutualism where interacting species receive energy/nutrients from each other
This can predict the future status of a population, test outcomes of different management strategies, can help ID vulnerable stages, and can determine the number of individuals to harvest from a population
What is Demographic Modelling (Population Viability Analysis)?
Terrestrial plant biomass is higher than found aquatic systems because terrestrial plants have _____ to protect from herbivory, are _______ nutritious and thus AE are ________
What is DEFENCES, LESS, LOWER?
The 3 models of succession are ________, __________, _________.
What is FACILITATION, TOLERANCE, INHIBITION?
Provides and indication of whether your sampling effort is sufficient to estimate species richness for a community
What is species accumulation curve?
Removal of a cleaner fish from a coral reef led to the reduction of ________ and ________ on the reef
What is FISH and FISH SPECIES?