5 Steps to a 5 AP Biology, 2014-2015 Edition

❮ 213 Behavioral Ecology and Ethology IN THIS CHAPTER Summary:This chapter focuses on the interaction between animals and their ...

214 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High This chapter introduces you to some of the basic terms and concepts us ...

Behavioral Ecology and Ethology ❮ 215 An example of this involves young chimpanzees in the Ivory Coast, who watch their mothers ...

216 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High sacrificing their lives by stinging intruders that pose a threat to th ...

Behavioral Ecology and Ethology ❮ 217 an unrelated companion in a fight, or perhaps a wolf will offer food to another wolf that ...

218 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High ❯ Review Questions When horses hear an unusual noise, they turn their ...

Behavioral Ecology and Ethology ❮ 219 ❯ Answers and Explanations ❯ Rapid Review Quickly review the following terms: Behavioral e ...

220 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High Animal Behaviors Agonistic behavior:conflict behavior over access to ...

❮ 221 Ecology in Further Detail IN THIS CHAPTER Summary:This chapter covers the main concepts of ecology, including popu- lation ...

222 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High Population Ecology and Growth Like many fields of biology, ecology con ...

Ecology in Further Detail ❮ 223 Sex ratio Proportion of males and females in a population. Generation time Time needed for indiv ...

224 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High Density-dependent factors.These limiting factors rear their ugly heads ...

Ecology in Further Detail ❮ 225 However, another possibility shown in this figure is that when a population dips below the carry ...

226 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High Type IIIindividuals have a steep downward curve for those of young age ...

Ecology in Further Detail ❮ 227 systems. Burglars notice the red light and may think twice about attempting to steal that car be ...

228 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High Succession When something happens to a community that causes a shift i ...

Ecology in Further Detail ❮ 229 at the energy pyramid in Figure 18.6. The primary producers make up the first trophic level. The ...

230 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High given trophic level. These pyramids tend to vary from one ecosystem to ...

Ecology in Further Detail ❮ 231 frozen throughout the year. This keeps plants from forming deep roots in this soil and dictates ...

232 ❯ STEP 4. Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High by plants and then eventually by animals to complete the nitrogen cycl ...