EEMB 113- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 83 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Evolved for cows to follow buffalo to make a living. Lag eggs in unknown nest and let the mother of the nest to take care of the eggs. Basics of the important branch of the tree of life. Readings and mini-chat discussion details are good candidates for test questions. Speciation: process by which 1 species is transformed into 1 or more new species. Taxonomy: the science of identifying and classifying living things. Phylogeny: hypothesis map of evolutionary history of a set of organisms. Physiological ecology: study of how organisms are adopted to their environment and how they deal with changes in their environment physiologically. Ways to deal with challenges: osmoregulation, respiration, thermoregulation, energetics thermoregulation, energetics. Relationship between the living and the non-living parts of the world. Behavioral ecology: study of decisions that individuals make that shape their survival and fitness. Movement, social interactions, foraging, predator evasion, mate selection.
