BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Final Guide: Beta Diversity, Alpha Diversity, Understory
5 Dec 2011
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Light also regulates many biological rhythms of many species of both plants and animals. Birds orient themselves by means of the perception of small differences in the reflection of light uv by the objects on land such as different types for forests, water, rocks, etc. Shade tolerant plants can dominate the understory of dense forest canopies. Beta diversity or differentiation diversity compares alpha diversity among several communities. Beta diversity is low when two ecosystems share the similar species and respective abundance. An intelligent meander records date, time, location and a list of species. Inventory diversity can be defined by alpha diversity, which is the number of species in a local forest stand. Organisms that directly or indirectly modulate the availability of resources to other species, by causing physical state changes in biotic or abiotic materials. A region in environmental space that is composed of multiple dimensions, each representing a biotic or abiotic environmental variable.
