PPT-Community Ecology The study of how abundance, diversity, and distributions of species

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 AnzaBorrego Desert California Manning Park. A . community . is a local . assembly . of species that potentially interact.. Generally these species are on the same . trophic level. .. A community of species with similar niches is called an ecological . 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. 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. 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. Prepared by Dakota Joiner & Lindsey bat Joseph for . Alexander College Writing and Learning Centre, April 2015.. Research source: . Krebs, Charles J. . Ecology, . 6. th. ed. Pearson. : San Francisco, 2009. Two-species interactions are classified by the impact each species has on the other. Thus, a competitive interaction is one where the populations of each species are hurt by the presence of the other species, usually because each species uses the same resources. Niche partitioning enables species to coexist by. difficile. . Colitis. or . Dysbiosis. Symbiostasis. /. Dysbiosis. Overview. The human microbiome and how one studies it. Effect of antibiotic on microbiome. Clostridium . difficile. colitis. Changes in the microbiome. population. . as… . Characterized by the number of individuals and their . density. .. Additional characteristics of a population . include… . BIOL 3240 . Plant and Animal . Ecology – . . Distribution & Abundance. WORKSHEET. Go over Sections F, G, and H. AFTER THE QUIZ. Work on Section I. DO NOW. Get out EOC Daily sheet, worksheet, and notes. BIOLOGY EOC BIO47. The diagram below shows a plant’s response to stimuli.. avoiding direct competition.. encouraging mutualistic interactions.. enabling prey to hide from predators.. creating new resources.. allowing abiotic factors, such as climate or nutrient availability, to influence the community.. 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 (. Robert T. Paine. Jenessa Kay. April 23, 2013. Community Ecology. Nature Education. , 2012. Biographical Info. Born in Cambridge, MA – April 13,1933. Happy belated birthday!. AB - Harvard University, . Lab 1 . Fish Ecology:. is . the study of the processes influencing the distribution and abundance of fishes, the interactions among fishes, and the interactions between fishes with their environment..