APES Unit 2
What is the first species to reapper?
Pioneer species
Which of the following ecosystem services are categorized as regulating?
Pollination, decomposition, and water purification
Which of the following economic consequences to a provisioning ecosystem service will most likely result from increased global warming?
The collapse of local fisheries, because of the damage to coral reefs from ocean acidification
Which of the following describes the most immediate effect if an invasive generalist species is introduced to the island?
As competition for resources increases, the population size of the island's specialist species will decrease.
low genetic diversity
could have resulted from an event that reduced the variation in the gene pool.
low species diversity
likely has species with very low population sizes.
Richness
number of species (high r=better ecosystem)
which ecosystem would most likely recover the fastest from a natural disruption?
the ecosystem with the highest genetic, species, and habitat diversity
Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem that provides ecosystem services including protection from hurricane storm surges?
An intact coastal wetland
intermediate succession
advancing towards its climax community
population bottleneck
an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
