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Evolution, adaption, exntinction, types of species

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habitat fragmentation   break ecosystems into small parts, may be too small to support populations of some species (grizzly bears require large territories), to resolve, make wildlife reserves/parks larger and/or establish migration corridors  
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reestablishment of a community/habitat after it has been altered   restoration  
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Reasons to protect endangered species   may be useful to humans in the future (medicines, etc.), ecological value (disappearance of one will affect other species), intrinsic/moral value (has right to live)  
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common traits of endangered species   long lived, low reproductive rate, high on food chain, economic value  
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natural process sped up by humans (mass extinctions = lots in a short period of time), causes typically habitat destruction, poaching, introduced species natural disaster   extinction  
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endemic (naturally occur) in an ecosystem   native species  
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species whose existence is critical to maintenance of ecosystem   keystone species  
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species that serve as early warnings that an ecosystem is being damaged   indicator species  
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species speciates into several others to fill vacant niches (ex. Darwin’s finches with different beak sizes on Galapagos Islands)   adaptive radiation  
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Islands and species relationship?   tend to have fewer species than mainland, number of species on an island depends upon its size and distance from mainland  
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when species in two different areas look alike   convergent evolution  
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populations of the same species diverge into two new ones   divergent evolution  
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two species arise from one, steps include geographic and then reproductive isolation   speciation  
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initial establishment of communities in an area of bare rock   primary succession  
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first species to appear in primary succession such as lichens, moss   pioneer species  
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reestablishment of vegetation in an area following a disturbance   secondary succession  
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final stage in ecological succession, stable, highest species diversity, only change back to earlier stage due to fire, severe storm, logging, etc.   climax community  
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factors in environment which affect species survival and reproduction   selective pressures  
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traits that better allow an organism to survive and reproduce   adaptations  
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proposed by Charles Darwin, 3 conditions for evolution to occur by natural selection are variability for trait must exist in population, trait must me heritable, and trait must lead to differential reproductive success   natural selection  
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theory regarding how populations change over time, refers to a change in population’s gene pool over time   evolution  
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