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Ecology
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What is ecology?
The study of interactions between organisms with living and nonliving components of the environment
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The Environment
Levels of organization:Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Organisms
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Interconnectedness
All organisms interact with other organisms and their surroundings, living and nonliving
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Models
Ecologists use models to study ecology
Create models to test hypothesis
Models are used to make predictions about the environment
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Environmental Factors
Bioitc - living components of the environment
Plants, animals…
Abiotic - nonliving componentsPhysical and chemical characteristics
Temperature, pH, salinity…
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Humans and the Environment
Exploding human populationOver 6 billion people
Habitat destruction
Thinning ozone layer
Climate changes
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Ever Changing Environment
Organisms have a range of toleranceTolerance Curve
Able to withstand a wide range of environmental factors
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Responses to Change
Acclimation
Conform
Regulate
EscapeMigrate
Dormancy
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Niche
The role of a species in its environmentHabitat - address
Niche - profession
Fundamental niche
Realized niche
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Biomes
Large ecosystems, terrestrial and aquatic, that contain a number of smaller but related ecosystems within
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Tundra
Cold, and mostly treeless belt across northern North America, Europe, and Asia
Permafrost - permanently frozen later of soil under the surface
Little precipitation, short growing periods
Caribou, musk oxen, snowy owls, artic foxes, lemmings, and snow shoe hares.
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Taiga
Forest dominated by cone bearing evergreensAcross Northern Europe, Asia, and AmericaSnow cover insulates the ground, protecting tree roots from freezingMoose, bears, wolves, and lynx.
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
Characterized by tree that lose their leaves in the fall
Eastern North America, Europe, parts of Asia, and Southern Hemisphere
Pronounced seasons, precipitation
White tailed deer, foxes, raccoons, and squirrels.
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Temperate Grasslands
Dominated by grasses, in the interior of continents, also known as a prairie.
Rich fertile soil
Grazzing mammals, bison, cows, sheep.
Used as farmland
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Deserts
Low levels of rainfall, sparse vegetation.
Not always hot, can get very cold at night.
Plants adapted to reduce water loss.
Kit foxes, lizards, and snakes.
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Savannas
Tropical or subtropical grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs. Found in Africa, South America, and Australia.
Wet and dry seasons.
Lions, Leopards, cheetahs, zebras, wildebeest, giraffes, and gazelles.
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Tropical Rain Forests
Charaterized with tall trees, found near the equator.
Stable year round growing season with abundant rainfall.
Very diverse animal and plant lifeSloth, monkeys, snakes, lizards.
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Ocean Zones
Intertidal Zone
Neritic Zone
Photic Zone
Aphotic zone
Pelagic Zone
Benthic Zone
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Estuaries
Occur where freshwater rivers and streams flow out into the sea.
Bays, mud flats, salt marshes.
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Freshwater Zones
Low levels of dissolved salts
Lakes and PondsEutrophic -rich in organic matter, murky.
Oligotrophic - little organic matter, clear.
Rivers and StreamsRun down a gradient or slope toward its mouth.
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Measuring Populations
A population is all the members of a species that live in a given area at one time.
How do we measure a population?
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Growth Rate
Affected byBirth rate
Death rate
Immigration
Emigration
Growth rate = birth rate - death rate
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Exponential
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Logistic
Accounts for influence of limiting factors
Carrying capacity - K
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Cycles
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Human Growth
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Changes in Population Size
Human Activity
Natural Causes
Invasive and Non-native Species
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Communities
Group of populations living close together that have potential for interaction
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Symbioses
Relationship between different species living in close association with one another.
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Predator - Prey
Predator - captures, kills, and consumes other individuals.
Prey - indiviual that is captured, killed, and consumed by another individual
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Natural Selection
Mechanism of evolution
Organisms adapt to improve efficiency
Mimicry - a harmless organism resembles an organism that maybe poisonous or distasteful
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Plant - Herbivore Interaction
Plants can form secondary compounds to avoid predation
chemicals that are poisonous, irritating, or bad-tasting
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Parasitism
Species interation with another where one benefits and one is harmed
ParasiteEcoparasite
Endoparasite
Host
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Competition
Occurs when fundamental niches overlap.
Niche - role the species plays in its environment
Compete for Resources
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Types of competition
Competitive exclusion
Resource partitioning
Invasive species
Non-native species
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Mutualism and Commensalisms
Mutualism - cooperative relationshipBoth species benefit
Commensalisms -One species benefits, the other is unaffected
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Richness and Diversity
Species richness – the number of species in a community
Species diversity – number of species in a community relative to the abundance of each species
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Patterns of Richness
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Changes in Communities
Succession – series of predictable changes that occur over time
Primary
Secondary
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Succession after a volcanic eruption
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Energy
Essential to carry out functions such as growth, movement, maintenance, and reproduction.
Energy flows through ecosystems through organisms
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Producers - Autotrophs
Capture energy to make their own organic molecules
Primary productivity - rate at which producers capture energy
Biomass - the organic material
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Consumers - Heterotrophs
Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Detrivores
Decomposers
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Food Chain
Single pathway of feeding relationships
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Food Web
Interrelated food chains in an ecosystem
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Energy Flow
Trophic level - position of an organism in the sequence of energy flow
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Energy Transfer
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Ecosystem Recycling
Biogeochemical cyclesWater and minerals such as carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorous are recycled and reused
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Water Cycle
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Carbon Cycle
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Nitrogen Cycle