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Vocab
Species Richness:
Relative Abundance:
Realized niche:
Fundamental niche:
Generalists:
Specialists:
Speciation:
Resource partitioning:
Character displacement:
Keystone species:
Dominant species:
Foundation species:
Functional groups:
Cryptic coloration:
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Disruptive coloration:
Aposematic coloration:
Batesian mimicry:
Rain shadow:
Hadley cells:
Questions
What 5 factors control aquatic biome distribution?
Explain the difference between eastern boundary currents and western boundary currents.
Where is each found?
Why are non-native, invasive species so successful in their non-native habitat?
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Explain the interspecific competition between balanus and chthamalus & use this to
describe their fundamental and realized niche.
Explain the law of tolerance.
What are some short term and long term responses of an organism to a tolerance limit?
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What type of organisms do we use to describe terrestrial biomes, and what two factors
determine these biomes?
What are some biomes that were discussed in lecture?