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EEMB 120
Midterm 2 Vocab
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
11/09/2011

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deterministic models
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treat demographic rates as constant or constantly varying
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stochastic models
Definition
treat demographic rates as random (model yields different result each time)
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equilibrium fraction of occupied patches
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P*= 1- e/c
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interference competition
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active behavior involving a waste of energy, reduces access to resources
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exploitation
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as individuals consume resources, those resources become unavailable
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pre-emptive
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use/ occupy non-consumable resource (ie. fight for space)
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interspecific competition model
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dN/dt= r1N1((K1-N1-a12N2)/K1)
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press experiment
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you go back and control density through time
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pulse experiment
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you control density once, then leave it alone
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niche complementarity
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species of same body size will only co-occur if they use different foraging strategies and vice versa

...species will be arranged along resource gradients in a pattern that minimizes overlap in resource use
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character displacement
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morphology has evolved, results in decrease in resource overlap, decreases strength of interspecific competition
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sympatry
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overlapping distributions
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allopatry
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non-overlapping distributions
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LV prey eq
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dN/dt = rN-aNP
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LV predator eq
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dP/dt= faNP - qP
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