PPT-Ecology of Individuals:

Using Game Theory to Understand Animal Behavior by Kyla M Flanagan Department of Biological Sciences University of Calgary Alberta Canada Objectives 2 By the end of this lecture you should be able to. 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. 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. . 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. Water on Earth. Uneven Global Distribution of Fresh Water. Definitions by Wetzel (2001). see page 4. Limnology. Freshwater Ecology. Freshwater Biology. Theories of Ecology. Taken from . Dodds. (2009). 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. 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 Population age structure. Life tables provide age-specific mortality and survival. Life-table: age-specific account of mortality. Cohort. : group of individuals born in the same time period. Age (x). Course Objectives. Define the following ecological terms: Population, population density, community, population distribution, diversity, Limiting factors, resources, biotic potential (. r ), . carrying capacity . 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”. 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..