Cover
Anything that provides protection from predators or ameliorates adverse conditions of streamflow and/or seasonal changes in metabolic costs. May be instream cover, turbulence, and/or overhead cover, and may be for the purpose of escape, feeding, hiding, or resting.
This tutorial deals with the abiotic factors of the freshwater environment that determine what sort of life would be suited to living and adapting to the conditions of the ecosystem...
This lesson is about the methods used for ecological research, such as quadrat and transect sampling, canopy fogging, and netting in determining biodiversity...
The diversification of several new species from a recent ancestral source, each adapted to utilize or occupy a vacant adaptive zone is referred to as adaptive radiation. 'Darwin's Finches' exemplified adaptive radiation. For more elaborate info on adaptive radiation, read this tutorial...
