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PREDATION, HERBIVORY and PARASITISM
83. What is exploitation? 84. Differentiate herbivory, predation and parasitism.
85. What is a parasitoid?
86. What is a pathogen?
87. How do acanthocephalans affect amphipods?
88. What is a cystacanth?
89. What is phototaxis?
90. What is a rosette stage?
91. Predators, parasites and pathogens influence what parameters? (4)
92. How does Helicopsyche affect algae?
93. What are the dominant herbivores in a three dimensional framework
94. What is the relationship of Lynx and hare?
95. What is the sunspot hypothesis?
96. What follows periods of high population growth? (3)
97. What legendary ability do hares have?
98. What type of functional response occurs in lynx towards hares?
99. When do coyotes kill more hares depending on prey population?
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How are predator and prey populations related in general?
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What is a refuge?
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How does the addition of a refuge affect prey and predator population?
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What are the kinds of refuge? Give examples of each.
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What effect does high prey density on prey population?
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What is predator satiation?
POPULATION GENETICS AND NATURAL SELECTION
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What is survival of the fittest?
What are the four points of natural selection?
How did the change in site affect the height of Pottentilla glandulosa?
What is an ecotype?
What does RAPD mean?
For Sauromalus spp., how is elevation related to ave. rainfall and food?
What is the Hardy Weinberg equation?
The sum of all possible outcomes is always?
What are the five criteria for the Hardy-Weinberg Equation to hold true?
What is the stabilizing selection? What is its graph?
What is the directional selection? What is its graph?
What is the disruptive selection? What is its graph?
What is heritability?
Two factors affecting phenotypic variance?
What does it mean when heritability is 1? 0?
SPECIES INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
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What is a tide pool?
What are emergent habitats?
Differentiate the direct and indirect influence of exotic species.
SPECIES DIVERISTY AND ABUNDANCE
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What is a guild?
How is heterogeneity related to species diversity?
What is the main factor for the growth of terrestrial plants?
What two factors contribute to environmental complexity?
What are the two ways in organizing tropical rain forest diversity?
What is the implication of the coexistence of tall trees and understory structures?
How does tree elevation affect avian diversity?
What type of disturbance promotes high diversity?
What is a disturbance?
What effect does no disturbance have to the diversity?
Why is intermediate disturbance optimal for species diversity?
Give two examples of human disturbance.