AP Bio Ecology Terms
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milkyway1248 on September 1, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Optimal foraging | maximizes an animal's intake-to-expenditure ratio |
| hamilton's rule | states that animals are altruistic toward close relatives |
| FAP | response to stimuli, instinctive |
| kinesis | change in activity in response to a stimulus |
| inclusive fitness | the ability of an individual to pass on genes either by producing offspring or helping close relatives produce offspring |
| cognative maps | internal representations of spatial relationships of objects in an animal's surroundings |
| habituation | animals get used to something and learn to ignore it |
| R-selected | early age at first reproduction, many offspring |
| K-selected | few, large offspring every year; humans |
| type 1 | survivorship curve for a human |
| type 2 | survivorship curve for a squirrel |
| type 3 | survivorship curve for an oyster |
| carrying capacity | maximum population that can be supported by the environment |
| life table | presents age-specific survival data for a population |
| metapopulation | a group of populations |
| clumped | population dispersal pattern for a range with a heterogeneous distribution of suitable habitats |
| 1/2 k | most sustainable population level |
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