All topics Flashcards
It is the scientific study of
interactions of organisms
with their environment.
Ecology
are the
environment’s non-living concept
Abiotic factors
Abiotic Factors
- Elevational Gradient
- Latitudinal Gradient
- Precipitation Gradient
- Temperature Gradient
- Sunlight Distribution*
is the living
components of the environment.
Biotic Factors
Factors affecting Biotic
Distribution:
- Dispersal Capability
- Biotic Interactions (e.g.,
predation, herbivory,
competition)
is a field of study that investigates species adaptations and how these adaptations help them to survive in their environment
Organismal Ecology
is the deliberate observation of plants and animals in their environment.
Natural History
is grounded in Natural History, but goes beyond observation, seeking to test hypothesis, often via experiments in the field
Field Ecology
studies on the dynamics and factors
affecting populations in a given area
and time.
population ecology
is a group of interbreeding
organisms that are member of same
species living in the same area at the
same time.
population
it is the changes of population in terms of size and density at a given time.
population dynamics
Determine how population change
(population size) through time.
- Birth (b)
- Death (d)
- Immigration (i)
- Emigration (e)
N = ( b – d ) + ( i – e )
open system
N = b – d
closed system
proportion of different age
groups in a population
age structure
produce all offspring in
single reproductive event
Semelparous populations:
produce offspring in series of separate reproductive events
Iteroparous populations:
A biological community consists of
the different species within an area, typically a three-dimensional space, and the interactions within and among these species.
Community Ecology
are interested in the processes driving these interactions and their
consequences
Community ecologists
examines large-scale ecological
issues, ones that often are framed
in terms not of species but rather of
measures such as biomass, energy
flow, and nutrient cycling
Ecosystem Ecology
is an assemblage of
living and non-living elements
within a boundary that forms
functional relationships, maintains
flow of energy and complete the
chemical cycle
Ecosystem
production of organic matter from
simple compounds, drawn from the surrounding
and build into a complex organic material.
Autotrophic:
are organisms that are capable of
producing their own food.
Autotrophs
transformation of primary products
to secondary products from the plants. This is
through the chemical synthesis and decomposition
of organic matter.
Heterotrophic:
are usually predators, while some
are biophages (i.e. animals consuming other animals, plants and other organisms) and saprophages (i.e. organisms feeding on dead
organic matters).
Heterotrophs
photosynthetic (plants) or
chemosynthetic (bacteria).
producers
are herbivores
(plant-eaters) which feed directly and
only on all or part of living plants
Primary consumers
are primary
carnivores (meat-eaters), which feed
only on plant-eating animals
secondary consumers
include large carnivores or omnivores
(plant- and meat-eaters) that feed on
primary and secondary consumers
and/or producers.
Tertiary and higher-level consumers
Heterotrophs that feed on detritus, or dead organic plant and
animal matter, are known as
detritivores.
Two major classes of detritivores:
a. Detritus feeders
b. Decomposers
ingest fragments of dead organisms
and their cast-off parts and organic wastes
Detritus feeders
absorb and endocytose the soluble
nutrients at the cellular level (e.g. bacteria and fungi)
Decomposers
the amount of energy
formed, or rate of production or organic
matter produced that is expressed in:
number or mass per unit area per unit
period of time (i.e. no./kg./ha./yr.).
Productivity
is the rate at which
radiant energy is stored by photosynthetic
activity of the plants.
Primary productivity
is the
total rate of photosynthesis.
Gross primary productivity (GP)
is the rate of
storage in plant tissue after excess of
energy utilization from respiration.
Net primary productivity (NP)
the ability of an
ecosystem to return to equilibrium
following minor external forces or
disturbances such as increase in
temperature, changes in the rainfall
patterns, and soil and water losses.
Stability
the ability of an
ecosystem to return to equilibrium
following major external forces or
disturbances such as long periods
of drought, acidification of soil, salt
intrusion, typhoons, and pest
infestation.
Sustainability
refers to the number,
kinds and variability of species in
an ecosystem. This that more
species have higher biological
diversity, higher stability and higher
sustainability.
Diversity
refers to the benefits
of ecosystem that is distributed
among its beneficiaries, such that
more member organisms have
access to the available resources
means the higher equitability of the
resources to the organisms.
Equitability
is the total
number of genetic characteristics in
the genetic makeup of a species.
Genetic Diversity
refers to the
number of species in an area.
Species Diversity
the variety of
different habitats, communities and
ecological processes
Ecosystems Diversity
consists of all the populations
of all the different species that live together in a particular
area.
ecological community
Interactions between different species in a community are called
interspecific interactions
Different types of interspecific interactions
- competition
- predation
- parasitism
- herbivory
- Symbiosis
- mutualism
- commensalism
Organisms of two species use the
same limited resource and have a negative impact on
each other.
- competition
A member of one species, predator, eats all or part of the body of a member of another species,
prey.
- predation
A long-term, close association between two species in which one benefits, and the other is
harmed
- parasitism
A special case of predation in which the prey species is a plant.
- herbivory
two species live together in a
long-term, intimate association. In
layman’s term, a relationship that benefits both parties. In ecologist-speak, symbiosis include close, lasting relationships with a variety of positive or negative effects on the participants.
Symbiosis
A long-term, close association between two species in which both partners benefit
- mutualism
A long-term, close association between two species in which
one benefits, and the other is unaffected
- commensalism
consist of many interconnected food chains and are more realistic representation of consumption
relationships in ecosystems.
Food webs
is a more intricate and complex form of predator-prey interactions.
Food web
Biomes are divided into two :
Aquatic and Terrestrial
is a region of the earth’s surface and the particular combination of climate, plants, and animals that inhabit it
biome
Abiotic factors that can affect biomes are
fires, floods, droughts, strong winds, and elevation
EARTH’S MAJOR BIOMES:
tundra, boreal forest, temperate rain forest, temperate deciduous forest, temperate grassland, chaparral, desert, savanna, and tropical rain forest
Aquatic Biomes: Zonation
lake and marine zonation
Riparian =
vegetation area
the hemolymph is pumped
through a blood vessel that
empties into the body cavity.
Open Circulatory System
blood of insects are
hemolymph
the heart pumps blood through
vessels that are separate from
the interstitial fluid of the body.
Closed Circulatory System
True or False
“Simple animals” consisting of a
single cell layer such as the (a)
sponge or only a few cell layers
such as the (b) jellyfish do not
have a circulatory system.
Instead, gases, nutrients, and
wastes are exchanged by
diffusion.
True
have the simplest circulatory
systems of the vertebrates: blood flows
unidirectionally from the two-chambered
heart through the gills and then the rest
of the body.
Fish
have two circulatory routes: one for oxygenation of the blood through the lungs and skin, and the other to take oxygen to the rest of the body. The blood is pumped from a three-chambered heart with two atria and a single ventricle.
Amphibians
have two circulatory routes; however,
blood is only oxygenated through
the lungs. The heart is three
chambered, but the ventricles
are partially separated so some
mixing of oxygenated and
deoxygenated.
Reptiles
have the most efficient heart with four chambers that completely
separate the oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood
Mammals and birds
Parts of Vertebrate Circulatory System
Blood, Heart, Blood vessels
it is a transport medium of the circulation
blood
it is the pumping organ of the system
heart
it is the containers through which the circulation occurs
blood vessels