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Cards In This Set
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Organismal Ecology
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Physiological, evolutionary, and behavioral ecology that is concerned with how organisms' structure, physiology, and behavior meet challenges posed by the environment
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Population Ecology
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A group of individuals of the same species living in an area. Analyzes factors that affect size and how and why it changes over time
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Community Ecology
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Examines how interaction between species, such as predation and competition, affect the community structure and organization
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Ecosystem Ecology
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Emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling between organisms and the environment
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Landscape Ecology
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Factors controlling exchanges of energy, materials, and organisms across many ecosystems
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Biotic Factors
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All the organisms that are part of the individual's environment
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Abiotic Factors
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All the chemical and physical factors
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Dispersal
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The movement of individuals away from the center of high population
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Dispersion
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Pattern of spacing among individuals
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Semi-parity (r)
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One reproductive time
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Hetero-parity (k)
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Multiple reproductive times
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K-selection
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Density-dependent
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R-selection
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Density-independent
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DN
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Difference in population
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Dt
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Difference in time
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