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| The first of a species collected |
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- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
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| Phyletic Classification Systems |
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| Based on the fossil record |
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| Phenetic Classification System |
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| Based on clusters of relevent features |
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| Cladistic Classification System |
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| Combination of fossil record and relevant features |
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Number of species? Birds? Mammals? Etc?
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9,600 Birds
2,500 Amphibians
6,300 Reptiles
4,330 Mammals
23,000 Terrestrial vertebrates |
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| Biological Species Concept |
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| Species is a group of interbreeding, natural populations, reproductively isolated from other populations |
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| Divergence between isloated populations |
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| Divergence from non-isolated populations |
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| prolonged association of male+female for part or whole breeding season, both sexes give parental care |
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| male mates with several females, females have only one mate, males give little parental care |
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| Female associated with multiple males simultaneously or successively, female gives little parental care |
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| both males and females mate with different individuals w/no prolonged association, female cares for young |
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| Multiple adults care for young, including non-breeding helpers |
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| Shallow wetlands from Iowa to Alberta that produces 50% of North America's waterfowl, also known as the "duck factory" |
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Amphibians=1 to 100
Reptiles= 1 to dozens
Birds= 1 to 18
Mammals= 1 to 12 |
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| Determinant vs. Indeterminant Clutch Sizes |
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Determinant=fixed number
Indeterminant=varies in number |
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| Eyes Closed, rely on parents |
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| Eyes open, still rely on parental care |
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| Ready to live on their own immediately/soon after birth |
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| Feet with webbing between all of the toes |
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| Area where males gather for competitive mating display, the males closer to the center are more dominant, associated with promiscuity |
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| temporary assemblages of individuals brought together by physical forces or attraction to resources |
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| assemblages focused on a central places with critical resources, often breeding grounds |
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| More permanent assemblages arising via mutual attraction of individuals to gain cooperative benefits |
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| Area in which an animal spends its live, except during dispersal |
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| Area defended against intrusion by other individuals, may be permanent, reproductive, or foraging, can be entire range or small part |
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| Portion of home range that is used more intensively |
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| movement of individual from birth area to new place where it reproduces or establishes a new home range |
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| tendency to settle near a site of previous occupancy |
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| Tendency to settle away from a site of previous occupancy |
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