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provide some examples of both plant and animal adoptions to theenvironment?

Identify characteristics that make a population unique. Analyzepatterns of population growth. Explain the importance of lifehistory in relation to populations.

Explain how ecosystems influence species and their evolution.Identify characteristics within a species that affects the speciesrichness in a community. Analyze factors that influence thestructure of a community.

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