Question

Leeward side growth is prioritized by vegetation growing in environments with high values of this quantity, allowing them to take up a flag-like appearance. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this quantity that, along with latitude, defines the boundary of tree growth in alpine ecosystems at the“tree line.”
ANSWER: altitude [or elevation; accept height]
[10m] Robert Colwell posited how intermediate values of altitude and longitude maximize this quantity in the mid-domain effect. Indices measuring this quantity incorporate combinations of dominance, evenness, and richness.
ANSWER: biodiversity [accept species diversity; prompt on number of species]
[10h] The mid-domain effect may explain why these ecosystems contain the highest endemism of epiphytes. Vegetation in these relatively high-altitude ecosystems receives most of its water from fog drip.
ANSWER: cloud forests [or water forests; accept primas forests or tropical montane cloud forests or TMCFs or mossy forests; prompt on tropical forests]
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y618.33100%50%33%
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y717.1457%86%29%
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y412.5075%50%0%
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y320.0067%67%67%
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IowaPenn State A010010
Ohio StateMichigan A1010020
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan CCase Western010010
Michigan BNorth Carolina100010
WUSTLOhio10101030
VassarPenn State B10101030