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| in an experimental desing a control treatment or plot in which nothing is changed so that it serves as a baseline for comparison with the experimental treatments to which something typically is added or subtracted |
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| the movement of individuals away from their place of birth or hatching or seed production into a new habitat or area to survive and reproduce |
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| the behavioral actions of organsims (typically animals) in choosing the areas in which they live and breed |
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| Liebig's Law of the Minimum |
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| the rate of any biological process is limited by the factor in least amount realtive to requirements, so there is a single limiting factor |
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| the subdiscipline of ecology that studies the biochemical, physical, and mechanical adaptations and limitations of plants and animals to their physical and chemical environments |
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| Shelford's Law of Tolerance |
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| the geographical distribution of a species will be controlled by that environmental factor for which the organism has the narrowest range of tolerance |
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