BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ecological Niche, Old-Growth Forest, Alpha Diversity

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Daily high temperature do not regulates flowering time in plants. Shade tolerant plants can dominate the understory of dense forest canopies. Abiotic factors are not those living physical and chemical factors that affect the ability of. Light also regulates many biological rhythms of species in both plants and animals. organism to survive and reproduce. Birds orient themselves by means of the perception of small differences in the reflection of light. Uv by the objects on land such different types for forests, water, rocks, etc. Habitat: a region in environmental space that is composed of multiple dimensions, each representing a biotic or abiotic environmental variable. Ecosystem engineers: organisms that directly or indirectly modulate the availability of the resources to other species, by causing physical state changes in biotic or abiotic materials. Functional diversity: a biodiversity measure based on functional traits of the species present in a community.