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| long-term storage facilites; a repository where seeds, representing many different varieties of domestic crops or other species, are preserved |
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| The use of bacteria, archaea, and plants to metabolize pollutants and render them harmless. |
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| the effect to find commercially useful compounds by studying organisms - especially species that are poorly studied to date. |
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| tourism that is based on observing wildlife or experiencing other aspects of natural areas |
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| Certain species of functional groups facilitate the growth of other species by providing them with nutrients, partial shade, or other benefits. |
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| Diverse assemblages of plant species make more efficient use of the sunlight, water, and nutrients available and thus lead to greater overall productivity. |
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| If the number of species in the study plot is high, then it is likely to have a big producer present and NPP will be high. |
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| A measure of how much a community is affected by a disturbance. |
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| A measure of how quickly a community recovers following a disturbance. |
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| Occurs when comparison groups are created by an unplanned, unmanipulated change in conditions. |
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An organism's Life History |
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| Describes how an individual allocates resources to growth, reproduction, and activities or structures that are related to survival. |
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| Heritable traits that allow individuals to survive and reproduce in a certain environment better than individuals that lack those traits. |
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| inescapable compromises between traits |
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| A phenotypic change in an individual in response to short-term changes in the environment. |
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| Refers only to a genetic change in a population in response to natural selection exerted by the environment. |
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| The maximum population size of a certain species that a given habitat can support. |
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| Changes in populations over time. |
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| a population of populations |
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| the proportion of individuals that are at each possible age |
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