BIOL 4150 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Amplitude Modulation, Stochastic, Time
12 Oct 2018
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Department
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BIOL 4150
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Textbook: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management
www.r-project.org
Rm. 2460 --> 3-4pm office hours for Becky
Due every second Friday
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Worth 4-6 marks each
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Drop off in TA offices
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Assignments:
Midterm 1 -October 12
Midterm 2 -November 23
Makeup Exam -December 4 (7pm)
Tar pit in LA
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Bones of the saber tooth cat, bison, ground sloth and horses
are placed on a histogram
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Human bones showed up in sample as other skeletons
disappeared
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The bulk of that occurred…
Therefore, this is triggered by overexploitation
by humans
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Consistent corroboration with other areas over the
world (mostly large animals disappeared; easier to
hunt and maintain populations)
The rate of extinction dramatically increased in the
Ranchobrean period of the Upper Pleistocene
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Rancho la Brea bone samples:
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Extinction is correlated with body mass of animals
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Higher space requirement -less abundant
Life history (smaller litter sizes)
"big things go first"
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Size-differentiation Defaunation:
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Extinction Case Histories (Chapter 17)
Introduction & Extinction
Case Histories
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Document Summary
Bones of the saber tooth cat, bison, ground sloth and horses are placed on a histogram. Human bones showed up in sample as other skeletons disappeared. The rate of extinction dramatically increased in the. Consistent corroboration with other areas over the world (mostly large animals disappeared; easier to hunt and maintain populations) Therefore, this is triggered by overexploitation by humans. Extinction is correlated with body mass of animals. Emu shells --> distinct change in food plants (change of % carbon) Predations by predators (polynesian and black rat) introduced by humans. Part of a guild of large flightless birds that were endemic to. Restricted to a single island off the coast of new zealand. Known from carcasses collected by a light-house keeper on the island. One of the most common birds in na. Driven extinct through a combination of overhunting, habitat loss, and possibly allee effects by predation once numbers have dwindled.
