BIOL 371 Study Guide - Final Guide: Invasive Species, Synapsid, Arthropod
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Half will be on the last 6-9 lectures, half will be on everything else. Know phylum names, insect orders, classes of vertebrates, mammalian orders, don"t need to know all scientific names common names will be sufficient. Human populations are expanding placing demands on the environment. Ipat (impact = population * affluence factor * technology factor) affluence and technology are consumption. Technology (pesticides, etc. ) has been harmful, but also beneficial. Desertification: land becomes impoverished, vegetation decreased, dry region becomes even more arid. Temperate deciduous forests: many cut down only few fragments left. Coral reefs: human activity also depleting much of it. Mangroves: substantial trees that can protect against disasters. Ivory-billed woodpecker went after freshly fallen trees and chipped off slabs of bark for food as forests got cut down, the woodpecker started disappearing since they required 6 square miles for feeding.
