BIOL 2060 Study Guide - Final Guide: Logistic Function, Exponential Growth, Differential Form
16 Jan 2017
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Ecology: the study of the environmental factors that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. Effect of the abiotic environment on the distribution of organisms. Annual temperature and precipitation varies latitudinally (hotter and more precipitation at equator) *remember: tropic of cancer = 23. 5 degrees north* Monday september 19th remember a "rain shadow" = a chinook (the dry warm side of the mountain) You can think of pet as the potential for photosynthesis. The pet for a rainforest in june is 55mm while the pet for the tundra in june is 15mm. Hence much more photosynthesis is occurring in the rainforest. However if the aet is below the pet photosynthesis cant happen (eg in the desert) Performance/ activity curves = shows an organisms physiological tolerance over an environmental gradient (such as at different temperatures) "acclimation" (phenotypic plasticity) = a short-term physiological adjustment that occurs in response to a change in the environment *within a generation*
