APES Notes 2.4 - Ecological Tolerance

A population's optimal range is...

• the range where organisms survive, grow, and reproduce

• the range where organisms will die

• the range where organisms survive, but experience a lack of growth and decreased activity

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What is the main factor that makes populations of salmon more resistant to disturbances?

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  Changes in the earth's climate

• Genetic biodiversity

• Human activities

• Natural disturbances

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What is the ecological range of tolerance?

• The range of conditions that an organism can endure before injury or death.

• The range of conditions that specialists can tolerate in their habitat.

• The range of conditions that humans can tolerate in their environment.

• The range of conditions that generalists can tolerate in their habitat.

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A population's zone of intolerance is...

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  the range where organisms will die

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  the range where organisms survive, grow, and reproduce

• the range where organisms survive, but experience a lack of growth and decreased activity

A population's zone of physiological stress is.....

• the range where organisms survive, grow, and reproduce

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  the range where organisms will die

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  the range where organisms survive, but experience a lack of growth and decreased activity

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