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    Final Exam Review For Biology 357 - Fall 2011: Answer Questions Concerning The Data

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    The document provides an overview and study guide for the final exam in Biology 357. It outlines which lecture topics will be covered in the exam and the main concepts to focus on for each lecture. For example, for Lectures 2 on energy flow, students should focus on terms like net primary production and understand laws of thermodynamics. For Lectures 7-8 on aquatic ecosystems, students should understand concepts like lotic stratification and characteristics of deep water benthic communities. The exam will also test understanding of models of predation, competition and niche concepts from Lectures 15-17. Students are advised to study succession models and differences between autogenic and allogenic factors for Lectures 24. The last

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    FINAL EXAM REVIEW FOR BIOLOGY 357 FALL 2011

    NO questions from Lecture 1 (Introduction to Ecology), Lecture 3 (Climate), Lecture 6


    (Decomposition), or Lecture 19 (Parasitism).
    Lecture 2 Energy Flow (4 questions) Focus mainly on secondary production and terms
    from the lecture. No energy budgets
    o Assimilation
    o Production efficiency
    o Net Primary Production
    o Productivity
    o Standing Crop Biomass
    o Gross Primary Production
    o Laws of Thermodynamics
    o Energy Flow
    o Nutrient Cycling
    Lectures 4 and 5 Nutrient Cycling (3 questions). I would carefully study nitrogen,
    phosphorus, and carbon cycles.
    Lecture 7 Aquatic Ecosystems I (4 questions). Understand the concepts of overturn,
    how lotic systems stratify, the River Continuum Concept, and oligotrophic, eutrophic,
    mesotrophic.
    Lecture 8 Aquatic Ecosystems II (2 questions). Be familiar with the deep water benthic
    communities, energy flow and nutrient cycling.
    Lectures 9 and 10 Terrestrial Ecosystems (3 questions). Know characteristics of the
    major ecosystems we discussed in class.
    o Savannas
    o Taiga/Boreal Forest
    Lecture 11 Plant Adaptations (2 question). Photosynthetic pathways.
    Lecture 12 Animal Adaptations (2 questions). Advantages/disadvantages of
    homeotherms and polkiotherms, and how these animals adapt to their environments
    within their constraints.
    Lectures 13 and 14 Life History Patterns (1 question). Mate selection.
    Lectures 15 - 17 (7 questions) you will see many of the same type of questions that test
    your understanding of models of predation, competition, foraging strategy, optimal
    foraging, and niche.
    Lectures 18 Parasitism (1 question). Affects on populations.
    Lectures 20 22, Populations (4 questions). Understand concepts of carrying capacity,
    how populations react to stress, what drives populations to increase, decrease, and what
    are some ways you can measure a population. Expect to see a life table and have to
    answer questions concerning the data.

    Lecture 23 (5 questions): Understand different ways how to quantitatively measure a community


    and compare to other communities. Will be graphs comparing communities that you will have to
    answer questions. What is a keystone species

    Lecture 24 (9 questions): Understand how populations change over time from bare ground to
    mature forests/communities. Gleason vs Clemements views of the environment. Know
    succession and how it relates to changes in diversity, how it is affected by disturbance, and the
    models proposed to explain how communities change. Know the differences between autogenic
    and allogenic.
    Lecture 25 (3 questions): Why is it important to preserve biodiversity, how is it being lost, and
    what are some of the philosophical ideas behind preserving biodiversity.

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