Ecology

hypothesis

prediction

sampling

sampling methods (3)

Experimental Studies

Biome

reason for latitudinal climate variation

Primary factor in seasonal variation

ITCZ

effect of Ocean Currents

PET

Actual evapotranspiration

use of thermal performance curves

Acclimation

adaptation

Common Garden Experiment

Heat balance equation

Water Balance Equation

Factors affecting population size (4)

Life history

Important Life History traits (6)

Cohort Life Table

Static Life Table

Age distribution

lx

Types of survivorship curves (3)

mx

R0

T

r

Non-overlapping generations

overlapping generations

Geometric growth model

Exponential Growth model

per capita growth rate

population growth rate

Logistic growth model

density dependant - dN/dt greatest when...

density dependant - dN/dtN decreases as...

Metapopulation

metapopulation growth rate equation