summer assignment

There will be a test on these readings. Take notes, look for any updates. Read take note, make flash cards, take periodic quizzes as they show up over the summer. Summer reading assignment, vocabulary and concepts Ch 39-3 Motor Mechanics & Behavior Fixed action patterns, Sign stimulus, Migration, circannual rhythm, diurnal rhythm, signal, communication, stimulus" hyphen response chain, pheromones, dance, learning: innate behavior, imprinting, spacial learning, cognitive map, associative learning, cognition, problem solving, social learning natural selection & behavior: foraging, mating behavior, monogomous/polygamous, sexual selection, inter/intra sexual, genetic basis of behavior, inclusive fitness, altruism, Hamilton's rule, coefficient of relatedness Ch 40 Population Ecology & distribution of organisms climate influences distribution biomes, climate, abiotic, biotic, seasonality, bodies of water, mountains , biome ecotone, aquatic biomes, photic zone, aphotic zone, pelagic zone, benthic zone, littoral zone, limnetic zone, wet land, estuaries, oligotrophic, eutrophic, pelagic zone, coral reefs, population density , dispersion, demographics, clumped, uniform, random distribution demographics, life table, survivorship curve, reproductive rates, exponential and logistic growth of populations, calculating changes in population size, exponential growth, carrying capacity, logistic population growth, life history, K selection & R selection population change & density, density independent & dependent factors density dependent a regulation, population dynamics, fluctuation & stability Ch 41 Species Interaction Community, interspecific interaction, competition, predation, herbivory, parasitism, mutalism, commensalism, interspecific competition, competitive exclusion principle, ecological niche, fundamental niche, realized niche, predation, cryptic coloring, aposematic, Batesian mimicry species diversity, species richness & relative abundance Ch 42 Ecosystems & Energy physical laws govern energy flow and chemical cycling in ecosystems, conservation of energy, conservation of mass, energy, mass and trophic levels, primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers , decomposers, energy and other limiting factors , control primary production,primary production, gross and net production, GPP and NPP, primary production in aquatic systems light limitations, nutrient limitation, limiting nutrient, upwelling, eutrophication, primary production in terrestrial ecosystems, nutrient limitation and adaptations, energy transfer, 10% rule, secondary productions, production efficiency, trophic efficiency energy pyramid, biomass pyramid, number pyramid biological chemical processes, and geochemical processes cycle nutrient and water decomposition and nutrient cycling rates, bio-geo chemical cycle water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle ( ammonification, nitrification, denitrification, nitrogen fixation), phosphorus cycle Ch 43 Global Ecology & Conservation Biology Biodiversity, genetic, species, ecosystem diversity threats to biodiversity, habitat loss, introduced species, over harvesting, global change, population conservation & population size, genetic diversity, critical habitat landscape structure & biodiversity, fragmentation & edges, corridors, human action, nutrient enrichment, critical load, toxins, biological magnification, greenhouse gas & climate change, green house effect, biological effects climate change solutions, global human population, global carrying capacity