PPT-Population Ecology Levels of Ecological Organization

Biotic and Abiotic factors Biotic factors Parts of an ecosystem that are living or used to be living Abiotic factors Parts of an ecosystem that have never been living Energy in communities Numbers and Biomass in Communities. Some Definitions. An . ecosystem. – all the living things in an area plus the physical or abiotic factors.. A . habitat . – the place or environment in which specific organisms live.. A . species. of Pope Francis. An Inspiring Call. to Contemplation and Action. . BEECHWOOD, 20 October 2015. Donal Dorr. BACKGROUND. . “. It is good to be the Pope”. A Man with a Mission – to offer. Ortega, E.; Gusman Ferraz, J.M.; Bacic, M.; . Corazza. , R., Fracalanza, P.S. ., Barreto. , G., . Campos, J. .; . Sabatier. , M.A., Oncken, M.P., Azevedo, L. . Ecological Engineering Laboratory, . State . Unit. Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him.. He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow. “Hoot, Hoot”. “Good Luck!”. Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him.. holism. reductionism. climax community. Organicism. teleology. deep ecology. Gaia theory . positive versus negative biotic interactions. pristine myth. Films often portray organisms and ecological interactions . Population Characteristics. Density. - # of individuals per unit of . area. Determined by…. counts . sample size estimate . indirect indicators . mark-recapture. Dispersion. Four ‘conditions of an imperilled environment’ Kirkpatrick Sale. Drawdown: the process by which the dominant species in an ecosystem uses up the surrounding resources faster than they can be replaced.. 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 . Dr. . Debrah. Fine. Ecology. The study of how living things interact with each other and their non-living environment. From Greek “. oikos. ,” meaning “home,” and “logy,” meaning “knowledge.”. II. The Tenets of Deep Ecology While I am aware that the term deep ecology was coined by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, this article refers specifically to the American variant.2 Adherents of 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 (. What is the correct level of organization (think back to the card activity from our previous class)?. a. tom. m. olecule. o. rganelle. c. ell. t. issue. organ. o. rgan system. o. rganism. p. opulation. Describe how events and processes that occur during ecological succession can change populations and species diversity. .. What is ecological succession?. orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established. What is a population and how do ecologists study it. Explain . the difference between a niche and . habitat. Explain the predator/prey . relationship and carrying . capacity on the graph. . Explain why animals fight.