BIOL 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Juglans Nigra, Flowchart, Ulmus Americana
17 Oct 2016
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Weeks 4-7: forest biodiversity evolution and ecology. Tree physiogeny - type of plant (in this case, trees) that dominates in a given area. Potential building materials the mineral soil/sand. Complex info needs to be organized into a form that can be accesed (taxonomists do this) Technical terms and jargon relation to taxonomically important traits. Must understand how to use a taxonomic key (various types are used) Challenges when try to use taxonomic keys: Specimen damaged, wrong sex, wrong season, juvenile, etc. , Species names change with new info a species is a hypothesis! Our best guess as to where it fits, what it is, etc. get more info, see new diff. s between organisms of same species, then realize that they are actually different species. Bracketed key: list of info, based on the org. in front of you, pick the info that fits, then that tells you to go to another page of info, etc.
