Plants
The vascular responsible for the transport of water and minerals is
xylem
The number of individuals per unit of space is the
density
The effect of reduced genetic diversity on the decline of the Florida panther was due to
inbreeding
Successful experience that allows a forager to key in on specific of a prey item is
a search image
The efficiency of energy transfer at each trophic level is approximately
10%
The loss of water from the stomates of leaves is the process of
transpiration
The pattern of population growth that declines with increasing density is
logistic growth
The major issue responsible for the decline of the jaguar was due to
retaliation for killing livestock
Bateman’s Principle predicts that
the female should be the choosing gender because number of eggs is limited and energetically expensive to produce
Species that exert strong effects on the communities they inhabit are
keystone species
The female reproductive structure of flowering plants that contains the stigma, style and ovary is the
carpel
Density dependent factors that affect logistic growth include
competition, crowding, and predation
The marine mammal that has declined as a result of bycatch in illegal gill nets in the Gulf of California is
the vaquita
The two theories of mate choice are
Direct Benefits and Good Genes
Predator and prey interactions that result in changes to multiple trophic levels are known as
trophic cascades
The medicinal use of the Madagascar periwinkle and Pacific yew is for
anticancer treatment
Fragmented populations connected through corridors such that gene flow still occurs is defined as a
metapopulation
The major factor resulting in the decline of koalas is
climate change
When animal reaches maturity and leaves its birth area to seek its own territory it is known as
dispersal
Loss of an apex predator that results in an increase in the density of an intermediate trophic level predator is
mesopredator release
The three classes of effect for neuroactive compounds are
stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens
Individual demand on global ecosystems based on resource use and lifestyle is known as
an ecological footprint
The common factor resulting in the decline of the northern spotted owl and orangutan is
cutting of forest habitat
Two benefits of group living for prey species are
safety in numbers and increased vigilance
Predation on one competitor that provides a competitive advantage to a second competitor is
predator-mediated competition