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Wildlife
Period 2
Calvin Pham
Derek Rungsea
Dennis Chan
Jason Lee
Aaron Jun
What Affects Wildlife
Geography
 Food Availability
 Presence of
Animals
 Natural Selection
 Animal Interactions
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Geography
Biomes
 Clines
 How Geography
affects Evolution
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Allopatric speciation
Continental Drift
Adaptive Radiation
Convergent
Evolution
Resource Availability
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Affects Natural Selection
Methods of nutrition
– Plants
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CAM, C3, C4
Carnivorous
– Animals
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Suspension feeding
Predation
Feeding Adaptations
 Animals
– Herbivores
– Carnivores
 Speed
 Teeth
& Claws
 Plants
– Carnivorous
plants
– Photosynthesis
Species’ Defense
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Animal Defenses
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Poisons
Coloration
Smell
others
Plant Defenses
– Poison
– Coloration
– Thigmotropism
Animal Diversity
Amphibians
 Birds
 Reptiles
 Mammals
 Fish
 Insects
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Natural Selection
 Darwin’s
Theorems
– Common Descent
– Gradual Change
– Heritable Variation
– More Offspring than
supportable
– Adaptation
 Industrial
Melanism
Animal Interactions
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Symbiotic
Relationships
– Parasitism
– Commensalism
– Mutualism
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Communication
– Dolphins, whales
– Humans, primates
– Insects
Endangered Species
Which ones are
endangered?
 Why species are
endangered?
 Effects of
extinction
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Local Endangered Species
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California Condor
Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Guadalupe Fur Seal
Wolverine
California Bighorn
Sheep
Sacramento River
Winter-run Chinook
Salmon
Extinction
Disturb the food
web
 Fossil Evidence
 Causes
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– Catastrophes
– Competition
– Human intrusion