PPT-Ch. 20 Community Ecology

What is predation Predator eats prey What are three adaptations of predators What makes them good at finding capturing and consuming prey acute smell heat sensing pits venom sticky webs. and . dis. -assembly. Topics for today. Assembly Rules: concepts, conflicts. Early work: plant succession from the 1910’s (and relevance in the 2010’s). Diamond’s . biogeographical. work in the 1970’s. (LSU BIOL 4253, Sections 1 & 2, Spring 2015). Composite satellite image (“Blue Marble 2012”) from Wikimedia Commons. A312 Life Sciences Bldg.. kharms@lsu.edu. Dr. Kyle E. Harms. http://. www.kharms.biology.lsu.edu. The scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance. Begon. , Harper, Townsend, 2006, Ecology, Blackwell. Lecture outline. Vegetation and Terrestrial Wildlife. Vegetation. Plant Communities. Disturbance. Unique Communities. Wildlife. Amphibians and Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Terrestrial Ecology: Vegetation. Goals of vegetation sampling on ODOT projects. Viengkham. District, . Luang. . Prabang. Province, . RDP Laos.. National multi stakeholder workshop “towards an agroecology transition”. 2. nd. to 3. rd. of June 2016.  . 1. Limiting pressure on environment, . holism. reductionism. climax community. Organicism. teleology. deep ecology. Gaia theory . positive versus negative biotic interactions. pristine myth. Films often portray organisms and ecological interactions . By: . Casie. Dana. &. Carly Spotts. About Urban Ecology Center. The Urban Ecology Center is a non profit environmental community center.. They won National awards for their use of recyclable and renewable materials.. In short, . ecology . is the scientific study of the . interactions of organisms with their environment. .. All organisms . interact. with other organisms in their surroundings and with the nonliving portion of their environment. . Beyond two trophic levels. HSS 1960. Oksanen. et al. 1981. Control, Limitation, Regulation. Bottom-up vs. Top-down. Trophic cascades. Beyond two trophic levels…. Why is the world green?. Observation: Plants are abundant; thus…. and. Levels Of Organization in . Biology and Ecology. Springfield Central High School. Questions to Answer. Daily Problem Set Unit 2- #1. 1. . Explain what ecology is. . 2. . In the relationship between the lynx and the hare, what factors, biotic and . 41:. Ch. 42:. Ch. 44:. Ecology. Ecology. : study of interactions between organisms and their environments – science of relationships, studied by ecologists. Abiotic . Factors:. non-living parts of an organism’s environment. Geography. Resources. Phylogeny. Community. Redrawn from Fauth . et al. . (1996). Community. – collection of species that occur at the same place & time, circumscribed by natural (. e.g. ., serpentine soil), arbitrary, or artificial (. National Bio Rules Committee Chairman. karenlancour@charter.net. . Ecology Events . Ecology. – principles of ecology related to terrestrial environments – . 2 year rotation by biomes . ( 1- tundra & forests & 2-deserts & grasslands). abiotic. conditions. A traveler should be a botanist, . for in all views plants form . the chief embellishment. Charles Darwin,. The Voyage of the Beagle. Belize. Anza-Borrego Desert,. California. Manning Park.