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Soil feature that consists of consolidated pieces of calcium carbonate

Trees in tropical savannas are adapted to drought by

Parent material has a greate influence on soil characteristics in the tropical rain forest

A plant that grows quickly after disturbance then is displaced by more competitive species is known as a

In which of these biomes would C4 grasses likely dominate?

Seasonally waterlogged soils in tropical zones usually favor

You are digging a 2 foot deep hole in the middle of a tropical grassland that is dominated by grasses. What type of roots are you expected to encounter?

What is a meristem

All else being equal, net primary producitivity

In which pair of continents will plants be most closely related

Based on similar characteristics of two unrelated plants, what evolutionary phenomenon does that represent?

In general, sandy soils have _________ water available to plants compared with loamy soils

Biogeographic realms are defined on the basis of _____ while biomes are defined by

Harsh environments tend to have:

Hadley cells result in semi permanent high pressure systems at

Soil with about half of the pores between the particles filled with water is said to be at

Particle size at a stream is greates in _______ order streams

What might you do to encourage animal movement across an edge between two habitats

A stream section with stream order 3 is most likely to be experiencing

The increased number of species in an elongated patch that is perpendicular to the flow of species is an example of the ________ effect

Which are potential functions of a corridor? (multiple right answers)

What is a stepping stone design

What are two considerations for determining the adequate width of a corridor

Stream in the upper portion of a watershed are generally ______ than the lower portions of a watershed

In a pool-riffle sequence in a stream, water runs faster in the

The turnover in species between two samples areas is known as

The number of species found in a system of patches increases with

The _____ is an is to/from a source area, the greater the ______- rate (more than one answer)

All else being equal, patch with many lobes will have ____ interior than a patch of the same area with fewer lobes

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is said to be _____ for the trait

A genetic bottleneck does not occur when

When locally adapted plant is bred with the same species of plant from a distant and different environment, the resulting decrease in fitness is known as

The number of species of a particular group found within a designated study area is known as

Fragmentation of habitat results in

The climate diagram is from which zonobiome

Within sclerophyllic woodlands and scrublands, plants growing in drier areas tend to have __________ compared with those in moister areas

A typical laurelphyllic tree will have

When deciduous trees “harden off” they

New growth of deciduous trees in the spring occurs in response to

What is the best time to be successful finding annual wildflowers in a temperate deciduous forest?

. If you were in the sclerophyllic woodland zonobiome and provided ample summer water for plants, what would be the equivalent zonobiome from a climate perspective

What is a pyrophyte endemics