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Ecology Cram Session

Ecology Cram Session. Ch 42-46. Ecology. Study of the interactions of organisms within their environment. Introductory Vocabulary. Hopefully you know these already…. Is this a population, a community or an ecosystem?. What are some biotic factors? What are some abiotic factors?.

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Ecology Cram Session

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  1. Ecology Cram Session Ch 42-46

  2. Ecology Study of the interactions of organisms within their environment

  3. Introductory Vocabulary Hopefully you know these already…

  4. Is this a population, a community or an ecosystem? What are some biotic factors? What are some abiotic factors?

  5. Properties of Populations • Size – the total number of individuals in a population • Density – number of individuals per unit area/volume; sampling techniques like mark and recapture • Dispersion – pattern of spacing of individuals within the area the population inhabits; 3 kinds

  6. What are examples of these? Which one is most common and which one is the most least common? Nesting birds, territorial animals Schools of fish, trees, humans Trees in a tropical rain forest ** Most common ** Least common

  7. Properties of Populations Cont. • Survivorship – shows size and composition of a population; 3 types

  8. 1. Shows organisms with low death rates in young and middle, and high death rates in old age (humans) 2. Death rate is constant over life span (hydra, reptiles, rodents) 3. Very high death rate among young and declining after surviving to a certain age (fish, invertebrates with 1000’s of eggs)

  9. Properties of Populations Cont. • Age Structure – diagrams show the relative numbers of individuals at each age

  10. Exponential Growth • Humans have had this for over 300 years • No predation, parasitism or competition • Has an environment with unlimited resources

  11. Eventually… • There is a limit to the number of individuals that can occupy one area at a particular time – this is called carrying capacity • This capacity can change as the environment conditions change What kind of growth is this? LOGISTIC GROWTH

  12. Limiting Factors • Those factors that limit population growth • 2 categories • Density Dependent – increase directly as pop. Density increases; include competition for food, buildup of wastes, predation, and disease • Density Independent – unrelated to pop. Density; include earthquakes, storms, fires and floods

  13. Chapter 45 • Population Interactions

  14. Competition • Competition (intraspecific vs. interspecific) • Predation • Mutualism • Commensalism • Parasitism • Producers vs. consumers vs. decomposers • Herbivores vs. carnivores vs. omnivores vs. detritivore

  15. Mite on damselfly

  16. Types of mimicry/coloration • Aposematic coloration – very bright coloration used as warnings • Batesian mimicry – one harmless animal mimics the coloration of one that is poisonous • Mullerian mimicry – two or more poisonous species resemble each other & gain an advantage in their combined numbers

  17. What is this called?

  18. Chapter 53

  19. 9 Biomes • Marine • Tropical Rain Forest • Desert • Temperate Grassland • Temperate Rain Forest • Temperate Deciduous Forest • Conifer Forest – Taiga • Tundra • Chaparral

  20. Chapter 46 Understand Global Warming & Greenhouse Effect

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