APES ~ Vocabulary
Chapter 4: Evolution, Biological Communities and
Species Interactions &
Chapter 11: Preserving Species Diversity
Chapter 4.1 Evolution Produces Species Diversity
1. Adaptation
2. Natural Selection
3. Selection Pressures
4. Charles Darwin
5. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
6. Critical factors
7. Tolerance limits
8. Indicators
9. Habitat
10. Ecological Niche
11. Endemic
12. Competitive Exclusion Principle
13. Resource Partitioning
14. Speciation
15. Geographic isolation
16. Allopatric Speciation
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Sympatric speciation
Directional selection
Stabilizing Direction
Disruptive Direction
Classification/Taxonomy
Carolus Linneaus
Scientific Name / Binomials
Genus
Species
4.2 Species Interactions Shape Biological Communities
26. Interspecific competition
27. Intraspecific competition
28. Predator – mediated competition
29. Coevolution
30. Batesian mimicry
31. Mullerian mimicry
32. E.O. Wilson
33. Symbiosis
34. Mutualism
35. Commensalism
36. Parasitism
37. Keystone species
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4.3 Community Properties Affect Species and
Populations
37. Abundance
38. Diversity
39. Ecological Structure
40. Complexity
41. 3 types of stability or resilency in ecosystems:
a. constancy
b. inertia
c. renewal
42. Fragmentation
43. Edge Effects
44. Ecotones
4.4 Communities are Dynamic and Change Over Time
45. Climax Communities
46. Primary Succession
47. Secondary Succession
48. Disturbance
49. Disturbance-adapted species
Chapter 11: Preserving Species Biodiversity
11.1 Biodiversity and the Species Concept
1. Biodiversity
a. Genetic diversity
b. Species diversity
c. Ecological diversity
2. Phylogenetic species concept (PSC)
3. Evolutionary species concept (ESC)
4. Human Genome
5. Biodiversity Hotspots
11.3 What Threatens Biodiversity
6. Extinction
7. HIPPCO
8. Habitat Destruction
8. Invasive Species
9. Pollution
10. Population
11. Climate Change
12. Overconsumption/Overhunting
11.4 Endangered Species Management
13. Endangered Species
14. Threatened Species
15. Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species (CITIES)
16. Endangered Species Act (ESA)
17. Lacey Act
18. International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources (IUCN)
19. Keystone Species
20. Indicator Species
21. Umbrella Species
22. Flagship Species
23. Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP)
11.5 Captive Breeding and Species Survival Plans
24. What are breeding programs in the zoo?
25. Explain the successful breeding programs about the
white rhino.