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Range Eco
exam 1
17
Other
Undergraduate 3
02/11/2014

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Environment
Definition
Sum of biotic/abiotic that influence an organism
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Vegitation
Definition
All plant sp. in a region and the way they're distributed
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Physiognomy
Definition
Outer appearance of vegitation
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Community
Definition
Synonym of any unit, from regional vegitation type to a narrower series to local series
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Synecology
Definition
Synonyms include community ecology, phytosociology, geobotany, vegitation science, and vegitation ecology
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Plant Sociology
Definition
Mapping vegitation types and communities
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Community Dynamics
Definition
Transfer of nutrients and energy between members, antagonistic/symbiotic relationships between members
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Succession
Definition
Community change over time
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Landscape ecology
Definition
Using maps and GIS to map out landscaping plans
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Ecosystem
Definition
Plants, animals, their environment and their exchange of nutrients
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Systems ecology
Definition
complex furmulae and computer programs summarize, stimulate, or model the ecosystem
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Conservation Biology
Definition
The study of sustainable wildland management and the maintenance of biological diversity
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Restoration ecology
Definition
The technology of re-creating or restoring degraded habitats, communities, and ecosystems
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Modular Growth
Definition
Producing repeating units of leaes, stems, roots, and reproductive organs each independent of another
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Indeterminate growth
Definition
retaining meristematic tissue throughout their life span
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Law of the minimum
Definition
The yield of any crop depended on the soil nutrient most limited amount
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