Question: 1. How Do Summer Sun Angle And Slope Aspect Interact To Affect Microclimate Conditions In A Mountainous Landscape In The Temperate Zone? In The Northern Hemisphere, Which Slope Aspect Is Likely To Be Driest And Hottest? Which Is The Wettest And Coolest? 2. What Is A Colonial Organism? Define It And List Three Species That Serve As Examples. 3. Do
1. How do summer sun angle and slope aspect interact to affect microclimate conditions in a mountainous landscape in the temperate zone? In the northern hemisphere, which slope aspect is likely to be driest and hottest? Which is the wettest and coolest?
2. What is a colonial organism? Define it and list three species that serve as examples.
3. Do some basic research on your own about turkey vultures and Cathartes aura. Would you characterize this species as r-selected or k-selected? Briefly list the primary reasons for your answer.
4. What is an ectotherm? List three examples.
5. Do independent research on kinnikinnick, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (sk'^ulis in Montana Salish). Briefly describe the ecological niche of this species and identify three ecological roles it plays within its habitat.
6. Mushrooms seem like unassuming and rather rare little beings. Briefly summarize three critical ecological roles that fungi play in forest succession.
7. Why did many mammal species evolve such large body sizes during the Pleistocene era?
8. Describe the general pattern of biomass accumulation in ecological communities through the process of succession following a significant disturbance?
