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The Ecosystem Concept
• Objectives – Ecological Hierarchy – Ecosystem Concept – Ecosystem Goods & Services
– First: take-home points, things you learned,
etc. from reading assignment
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecology
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecological Hierarchy
Organisms (Individuals)
Biosphere
Ecosystems
Communities
Populations
Landscapes
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• Ecological Hierarchy
Landscapes
(Individuals)
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Individual (Organismal) Ecology
• Organismal Ecology: Study of the life history of an individual (i.e., species) & its response to its environment • Species: all individuals that can potentially breed with one
another and produce viable offspring
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Acacia koa individual
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Population Ecology
• Population ecology: Study of the abundance, distribution, & dynamics of a group of individuals of the same species • Population: group of potentially interbreeding & interacting
individuals of the same species living in the same place & time 6
Acacia koa population
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Community Ecology
• Community ecology: Description & quantification of natural assemblages of different species/populations • Community: Collection of organisms/populations interacting
directly and indirectly in the same place & time 7
Acacia koa-”dominated” community
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Ecosystem Ecology
• Ecosystem ecology: Study of interactions among organisms and their physical environment as an integrated system • Ecosystem: Bounded ecological system consisting of all
organisms in a given area & the physical environment 8
Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Landscape Ecology
• Landscape ecology: Study of the spatial arrangement of ecosystems & how this affects biotic & abiotic components
• Landscape: heterogeneous region consisting of ≥2 interacting ecosystems exchanging organisms, energy, water, nutrients, etc. 9
Windward Mauna Kea Landscape
The Ecosystem Concept
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• Biosphere (Global Ecosystem)
• Biosphere: Global sum of all ecosystems (biotic and abiotic) as an integrated system
•Earth as an ecological entity or system 10
The Earth Biosphere
The Ecosystem Concept
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Ecology
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystems – Spatial Scale
Watershed Forest Stand
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystems – Temporal Scale
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Attributes
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Controls on ecosystem structure & function
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The Ecosystem Concept • Ecosystem Goods & Services
– Fundamental life-support services provided naturally by ecological systems without which human civilizations would cease to thrive
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The Ecosystem Concept • Ecosystem Goods & Services
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The Ecosystem Concept
• Ecosystem Goods & Services - The Anthropocene