APES Biodiversity Flashcards
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| 10915218881 | species richness | number of species in a given area | 0 | |
| 10915218882 | species evenness | relative proportion of individuals within the different species in a given area | 1 | |
| 10915218883 | phlyogenies | branching pattern that shows the evolutionary relationships | 2 | |
| 10915218884 | evolution | a change in the generic composition of a population over time | 3 | |
| 10915218885 | microevolution | evolution below species level | 4 | |
| 10915218886 | macroevolution | evolution that gives ride to a new species, genera, family, class or phyla | 5 | |
| 10915218887 | genes | physical locations on the chromosome of an organism | 6 | |
| 10915218888 | genotype | the complete set of genes in an individual | 7 | |
| 10915218889 | phenotype | the traits expressed by the individual | 8 | |
| 10915218890 | mutations | random change in the genetic code produced by a mistake in the copying process | 9 | |
| 10915218891 | recombination | generic process by which one chromosome breaks off and attached to another | 10 | |
| 10915218892 | evolution by artificial selection | process by which humans determine which individuals breed typically with a preconcieved set of traits in mind | 11 | |
| 10915218893 | natural selection | environment determines which individuals survive and reproduce | 12 | |
| 10943990166 | fitnesss | ability of an organism to survive and reproduce | 13 | |
| 10943990167 | adaptions | traits that improve an individual fitnesss | 14 | |
| 10943990169 | gene flow | when individuals move from one population to another, altering the genetic composition of both populations | 15 | |
| 10943990170 | genetic drift | a change in the genetic composition of a population over time as a result of random mating | 16 | |
| 10943990171 | bottleneck effect | reduction in the genetic diversity of a population caused by a reduction in it's size | 17 | |
| 10943990172 | founder effect | change in the genetic composition of a population as a result of descending from a small number of colonizing individuals | 18 | |
| 10943990173 | allopatric effect | the process of speciation that occurs with geographic isolation | 19 | |
| 10943990174 | sympatric speciation | evolution of one species into two, without geographic isolation | 20 | |
| 10943990176 | range of tolerance | limits to the abiotic conditions an organism can tolerate | 21 | |
| 10943990177 | fundamental niche | slew of abiotic conditions under which an organisms can theortically survive, grow and reproduce | 22 | |
| 10943990178 | realized niche | range of abiotic and biotic conditions under which an organism ACTUALLY lives | 23 | |
| 10943990179 | generalist | species that can live under a wide range of abiotic and biotic conditions | 24 | |
| 10943990180 | specialist | species that is specialized to live in specific habitat or to feed on a small group of species | 25 | |
| 10943990183 | intrinsic value | had nothing to do with what the ecosystem does for us | 26 | |
| 11039795590 | regulating services | regulating the climate, hydrologic cycle, nutrient | 27 | |
| 11039795591 | support systems | natural, polination, pest control, filtration | 28 | |
| 11039795592 | cultural services | beauty, intellectual gains | 29 | |
| 11039795593 | HIPCO | habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, climate change, overharvesting | 30 | |
| 11189984255 | Niche | organisms place in ecosystem | 31 | |
| 11189984256 | Lacey Act | prohibits interstate shipping of illegally harvested plants and animals | 32 |