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A group of organisms of the same species living a certain area
What is a population?
This is the formula for finding the size of a population using the mark and recapture method
What is the total numbered recaptured X number marked in the recapture / the original number marked?
The type of growth represented by a J-curve
What is exponential growth?
This is the maximum number of individuals of a single species that a particular area can sustain.
What is carrying capacity?
These are 3 types of interactions between organisms of the same species.
What is competition, mating and antagonistic behavior?
This is a group of various populations interacting together.
What is a community?
When 2 different species interact in a way that is positive for both species?
What is mutualism?
Predator/prey and parasitism
What are examples of community interactions where one species benefits and the other is harmed?
This is the idea that 2 different species can not occupy the same realized niche.
What is the competitive exclusion principle?
This is a population that when its size changes can have a great impact on the size of other populations within a community
What is a keystone species?
Nutrients may cycle through an ecosystem but this goes through it.
What is energy?
Of the original energy available in a trophic level, only this much is available to the next level of organisms.
What is 10 – 20 %
The energy budget for an entire ecosystem is determined by this group.
What are producers?
This is the process and these are the organisms that convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates in the soil.
What is nitrogen- fixation and what are nitrogen- fixating bacteria?
Plants take in nitrogen and phosphorus compounds through these.
What are roots?
This biome is characterized by great biodiversity.
What is the tropical rain forest?
This is defined by the number of different species and their relative abundance.
What is species richness or biodiversity?
These biomes are characterized by dry and rainy seasons.
What are the chaparral and the savanna?
This region in aquatic biomes is where the detritus falls.
What is the benthic region?
This is the zone that has greatest area of primary productivity on the planet.
What is the photic zone of the ocean?
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