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Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests (2002) / Chapter Skim
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... arrhenotokous: capable of producing male offspring only, as in worker bees and some sawflies. asexual reproduction: any reproduction not involving the fusion of gametes.
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From page 177...
... deterministic growth rate All: a growth rate that has only one outcome as defined by the parameters or conditions under which the population occurs. diapause: a state of arrested growth or development, usually applied only to dichogamy: flowers that are functionally male first, then develop female structures.
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... : maximum growth rate of a population, estimated as a birth rate minus the death rate; the net increase in the population. inverse density dependence: increase in fitness with increases in density (birth rates rise, mortality rates drop)
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... plasticity: the capacity of organisms with the same genotype to vary in developmental pattern, in phenotype, or in behavior according to varying environmental conditions. polyphagous: feeds on many prey or forage species.
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... selfer: an organism that does not require a sexual partner to contribute either egg or sperm; the organism contains both sexes. stochastic: random, involving chance or probability.
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Key Terms

  • forage species
  • female structures
  • nonindigenous species
  • producing male
  • typical cycle

  • detrimental consequences
  • frequency due
  • plant nourishing
  • population grows
  • double stranded

  • lowered resource
  • growth curve
  • ribonucleic acid
  • male offspring
  • genetically related

  • chromosomal dna
  • plant material
  • species living
  • plant community
  • prescribed geographic

  • stranded ribonucleic
  • rate minus
  • grows exponentially
  • developmental stage
  • developmental pattern

  • birth rate
  • living plant
  • birth rates
  • mean population
  • organ adapted


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