Population Growth and Demographic Principles Study Guide
This guide covers key concepts in biology, including the Principle of Allocation and trade-offs in organismal functions, the distinction between fundamental and realized ecological niches, abiotic and biotic factors influencing species distribution, thermoregulation strategies (endothermy and ectothermy), optimal foraging theory, nutrient acquisition in plants (including symbiotic relationships), osmoregulation and its importance in managing water and salt balance, and the process of scientific
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Biological Foundations, Natural Selection, and Population Dynamics
Biology Allocation, Thermoregulation, and Niches
Study guide covering the Principle of Allocation, trade-offs, thermoregulation, scaling, r-selected and K-selected species, and fundamental versus realized niches.
- Principle of Allocation
- Trade-offs
- Resource Acquisition
- Reproduction
- r-selected species
- K-selected species
- Acclimation
- Adaptation
- Thermoregulation
- Evaporation
- Desiccation
- Surface-area-to-volume ratio
- Fundamental niche
- Realized niche
- Competition
Biology Study Guide Resource Acquisition
Study guide covering resource acquisition, osmoregulation, optimal foraging theory, and ecological interactions.
- realized niche
- fundamental niche
- biotic interactions
- abiotic factors
- endotherms
- limiting nutrients
- optimal foraging theory
- energy gain
- photosynthesis
- nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia
- mycorrhizal fungi
- Principle of Allocation
- osmoregulation
- hypotonic
- hypertonic
- ocean acidification
- null hypothesis
- alternate hypothesis
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Biology Study Guide Two Concepts
Study guide covering ecological principles, organismal trade-offs, and coral bleaching experimental analysis.
- Principle of Allocation
- trade-off
- root:shoot ratio
- r-selected
- K-selected
- endotherm
- acclimation
- adaptation
- surface-area-to-volume ratio
- fundamental niche
- realized niche
- limiting nutrient
- optimal foraging
- osmoregulation
- hypotonic
- hypertonic
- null hypothesis
- alternate hypothesis
- mutualism
- mycorrhizal fungi
Natural Selection Study Guide
This study guide provides examples and questions regarding natural selection, heritability, fitness, and selection patterns.
- natural selection
- Breeder’s Equation
- heritability
- strength of selection
- response to selection
- absolute fitness
- relative fitness
- directional selection
- stabilizing selection
- diversifying selection
- frequency dependent selection
- balancing selection
- phenotypic variation
- deleterious alleles
Biology Foundations, Biodiversity, and Climate
A study guide covering foundations of life, biodiversity measurement, taxonomic hierarchy, and the relationship between climate, biomes, and the Earth's energy budget.
- traits of life
- scientific method
- hypothesis and prediction
- ecological and evolutionary perspectives
- taxonomic hierarchy
- species richness
- species evenness
- species diversity
- biogeography
- weather and climate
- Earth's energy budget
- greenhouse gases
- seasonality
- rain shadow effect
- climatographs
- biomes
Population Growth and Demographics Study Guide
This study guide covers population growth and decline, demographics, and age structure through examples of density-dependent and density-independent controls.
- Population Growth and Decline
- Demographics and Age Structure
- Density-dependent control
- Density-independent control
- Mark-recapture method
- Exponential growth equation
- Intrinsic rate of growth
- Logistic growth
- Carrying capacity
- Survivorship curves
- Birth rate
- Death rate
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Population Growth and Demographic Principles
- density-dependent
- density-independent
- exponential growth
- logistic growth
- carrying capacity (K)
- intrinsic (per-capita) rate of increase (r)
- doubling time
- mark–recapture
- life table
- survivorship curve
- net reproductive rate (R₀)
- generation time
- semi-log plot
- age structure
- population momentum
- replacement-level fertility
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