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31783192 2000 by the Ecological Society of America CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES A POWERFUL YET SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS LENN ATH AND ATHARINA E F ABRICIUS Tropical Environment Studies and Geography. Gerry Quinn. Deakin University. Data sets in community ecology. Multivariate abundance data. Sampling or experimental units. p. lots, cores, panels, quadrats ……. u. sually in hierarchical spatial or temporal structure. 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. Economics of . Medieval Parks. © Ian D. Rotherham . 2014. Ian D. Rotherham. Sheffield . Hallam University. . Wood-pasture was once the most abundant type of wooded landscape in north-western Europe. . holism. reductionism. climax community. Organicism. teleology. deep ecology. Gaia theory . positive versus negative biotic interactions. pristine myth. Films often portray organisms and ecological interactions . 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. . Drew . Purves. and the CEES group Microsoft Research Cambridge. Demos here. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/collegetour/Default.aspx. Why science at Microsoft Research?. Science . is a key . ? . F. Producers. G. Decomposers. H. Omnivores. J. Predators. Ecology. 97. Which . of the following correctly describes an interaction that occurs between two . body systems . of a rabbit that helps the rabbit outrun a pursuing coyote. 2018 ECOLOGY (B&C) KAREN LANCOUR National Bio Rules Committee Chairman karenlancour@charter.net C. Robyn Fischer National Event Supervisor Ecology Events Ecology – principles of ecology related to terrestrial environments – . Why does ecology matter?. Ecologists complete investigations on the environment, climate change, farming, energy, food, health, green living, and eco friendly products, etc... Example problems that ecology handles. Lecture Presentation by . Nicole . Tunbridge. and. Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Discovering Ecology. Ecology. is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment. *small scale geological events affect evolution over generations.. 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. Looks at the . Interaction &. Interdependence. Of organisms to each other and to their environment.. We have studied . Genus and species. populations. Expanding outward to…. ECOLOGY. “ECO” – “the Environment” /”nature”.