PPT-Basics in population ecology

It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change Charles Darwin Our program Simple growth processes Outbreaks Age . Image from Wikimedia Commons. Global human population. United Nations . projections (2004) . (. red. , . orange. , . green. ). . U. S. Census Bureau modern (. blue. ) . & historical . (. black. ) . Chapter 4 Section 1. Levels of Ecological Organization. Ecologists study life at many levels.. Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environments . . Individual Species/Organism. BIOL 7083. Community Ecology. Robert H. MacArthur:. Life, Work, and Legacy. Biographical Sketch. Robert H. MacArthur. April 2, 1930 – November 1, 1972. Personal Background. Born in Toronto, Ontario. Image from Wikimedia Commons. Global human population. United Nations . projections (2004) . (. red. , . orange. , . green. ). . U. S. Census Bureau modern (. blue. ) . & historical . (. black. ) . Population. ecology. Community. ecology. Ecosystem. ecology. Landscape. ecology. Global. ecology. Introduction to Ecology . Populations. Population ecology. Abundance. Dynamics . Density, dispersion, demographics, interrelationships with other populations. Natural Selection. This includes describing how organisms respond to the environment and how organisms are distributed.. Events that occur in the framework of . ecological time. (minutes, months, years) translate into effects over the longer scale of . damp, dark. raining, dripping, steaming. monkey, jaguar, frog, anaconda. climbing, stalking, slinking. furry scaled. endangered.. What is ecology?. Is this . An interbreeding group of the . same species. living in the same general area. may be distinguished by natural or . . arbitrary boundaries. Population Density vs Dispersion. the number of individuals per unit area or volume. 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 . Developers have . approved a project that . will permanently reduce . the primary producers’ . biomass by 50% and remove all rabbits and deer. Which of the following is the most likely result at the completion of the project?. HW #1. Age-structured populations. Stage-structure populations . Life cycle diagrams. Projection matrices. Context: Sea . Turtle . Conservation. (But first … background). Population. Structure. :. Seguing into from populations to communities. Species interactions. Lotka-Volterra. equations. Competition. Adding in resources. Species interactions:. Competition (- , -). Predation (+ , -). (. Herbivory. I. Biotic and . Abiotic. Factors. A. Biotic Factors-- all living things that inhabit an environment. 1. relationships with organisms of the same or different species. . B. . Abiotic. Factors: The nonliving environment. 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.