Exam #3 Term List

ecosystem

handling time

hydrologic cycle

mineral flow

detritivore

carbon cycle

nitrogen cycle

autotrophs

heterotrophs

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

plant nutrient cycling

deciduous

photosynthesis

tropic levels (food chain)

producers

primary consumers

secondary consumers

tertiary consumers

invasive species

introduced species

alien species

exotic species

fundamental niche

realized niche

niche overlap

competition

resource partitioning

neutral

mutualism

parasitism

predation

interspecific competition

exponential growth

logistic growth

carrying capacity (K)

competitive exclusion

overexploitation of limited resources

density-dependent factors

density-independent factors

biological control

pheromones

reproductive control

control via other organisms
virulence

attenuation

population crashes

population cycles

population fluctuations

infectious diseases

epidemics

HIV

human population growth

rule of 70

birth rate

mortality rate

annual rate of natural population change (%)

doubling rate

fertility rates

Type I survivorship curve

Type II survivorship curve

Type III survivorship curve

net reproductive rate

generation

age-specific survivorship

age-specific fecundity