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The Biosphere
Populations
Interactions
Climate Change
Conservation Biology
100
A major terrestrial or aquatic life zone
What is a biome?
100
Concerned with changes in population size and that factors that regulate populations over time
What is a population ecology?
100
interactions between species
What is inter-specific interactions?
100
the goal of developing, managing, and conserving Earths resources in way that meet the needs of people today
What is sustainability?
100
in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range
What is endangered species?
200
A transitional biome between an aquatic ecosystem and a terrestrial one
What is a wetland?
200
A table that tracks survivorship
What is a life table?
200
Type of defense that animals use in the water
What is adaptive coloration?
200
the increase in global temperatures
What is the greenhouse effect?
200
non-native species that has spread far beyond the original point of introduction and causes environmental or economic damage
What is an invasive species?
300
The zone where the ocean meets land and the shore is pounded by waves during high tide
What is the intertidal zone?
300
Describes the expansion of a population in an ideal, unlimited environment
What is the exponential population growth?
300
sequence of food transfer between trophic levels
What is a food chain?
300
amount of greenhouse gas emitted as a result of the actions of a single individual
What is the carbon footprint?
300
the intentional release of a natural enemy to attack a pest population
What is biological control?
400
Has some of the characteristics of tropical savannas, but they are mostly treeless except along rivers or streams
What are temperate grasslands?
400
the growth rate decreases as the population size approaches carrying capacity
What is logistic population growth?
400
the feeding relationships in a community are woven elaborately
What is food webs?
400
an approach to understanding resource availability and usage
What is an ecological footprint?
400
species that are found nowhere else
What is endemic species?
500
Covers expansive areas of the Arctic between the taiga and polar ice
What is the tundra?
500
Enables the plant or animal to take immediate advantage of favorable conditions
What is opportunistic life history?
500
the passage of energy through the components of the ecosystem
What is energy flow?
500
natural with CO2, water vapor and methane
What is greenhouse gases?
500
the application of ecological principles to the study of land-use patterns
What is landscape ecology?