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Ecology
Chapter 1
8
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
01/19/2011

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Term

Individuals

How do plants and animals maintain water balance?

Definition
EG behavior and physiology
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Population

What factors control population rates?

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EG adaptation and extinction
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Interactions

How does soil nutrient availability affect change of materials between plants and mycorrhizal fungi?

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EG predation and competition
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Community

How does disturbance influence the number of species in a community?

Definition
EG biological diversity
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Ecosystem

What factors control rates of energy fixation by ecosystems?

Definition
EG physiochemistry underlying community ecology
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Landscape

How do hedgerows and other vegetated corridors affect the rate of movement by mammals among isolated forest fragments?

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EG ecosystem and interconnectedness
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Region

How has geologic history influenced regional diversity within certain groups of organisms?

Definition
EG geographic ecology
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Biosphere

What role does concentration of atmopsheric CO2 play in regulation of global temperature?

Definition
EG global ecology
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