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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Remote sensing A technique that measures conditions on Earth from a distant location, typically using satellites or airplanes that take photographs of large areas of the globe. 

Satellite images of ecosystems that show a pattern of high absorption of blue and red light and high reflectance of green light indicate ecosystems with high standing crops of producers.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Succession is affected by the distance that dispersing organisms have to travel from undisturbed mainland areas.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Number of species of plants on island per year

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Theory of island biogeography

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The rate of extinction is low at the time of first colonization and immigration rate is highest

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Earlier arriving species tend to be r-selected species, which are better dispersers, whereas later arriving species are generally K-selected species, which are better competitors.