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Ecology Flashcards

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interaction between organisms and the enivornment

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Ecology

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  • surrounding/condition influencing development or growth
  • anything immediately surrounds an object and exerts a direct influence on it
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Environment

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Environment is a field of __ __ and __ for any unit of living matter

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  • effective stimulation
  • interaction
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  • place where an organism lives
  • provides organisms everything it needs to survive
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habitat

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  • role or function of an organisms within an ecosystem/habitat
  • range of physical and biological conditions that permit the existence of a species
  • optimum condition where you can really thrive
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niche

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Three (3) Types of Environment

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  1. Natural Environment
  2. Social Environment
  3. Cultural Environment
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natural things that are never influenced by man’s intelligence and powers

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Natural Environment

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social being that surrounds man

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Social Environment

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social rules and regulations, traditions, and customs

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Cultural Environment

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study of total relations of the organism both to its organic/biotic and inorganic/abiotic environment

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Ecology

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Different studies of ecology

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  1. Organismal Ecology
  2. Population Ecology
  3. Community Ecology
  4. Ecosystem Ecology
  5. Landscape Ecology
  6. Global Ecology
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focuses on the morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations that let an organism survive in a specific habitat

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Organismal Ecology

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Organismal Ecology

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coping

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study of how various factors impact population growth, rates of survival and reproduction, and risk of extinction

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Population Ecology

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Population Ecology

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limiting factors

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focused on interactions (mainly competition and predation) between pairs of species that are fundamentally important in food webs

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Community Ecology

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Community Ecology

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interspecific interactions and diversity

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interactions between two or more species

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interspecific interactions

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interactions of the same species

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intraspecific interactions

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study of the interactions between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components within an ecosystem framework

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Ecosystem Ecology

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Ecosystem Ecology

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energy flow and chemical cycling

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study of the pattern and interaction between ecosystems within a region of interest

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Landscape Ecology

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Landscape Ecology

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interactions of lower ecological levels in a region observed

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study of the interactions among the Earth’s ecosystems, land, atmosphere and oceans

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Global Ecology

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Global Ecology

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global effects

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Importance of Studying Ecology

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  1. Agroecosystems
  2. Habitat creation
  3. Species breeding programs
  4. Wetland engineering
  5. Conservation management
  6. Disease transmission
  7. Environmental valuation
  8. Case studies
  9. Endangered resources
  10. New cultures and societies
  11. Nature tourism
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Reservoir

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  • fossil fuels
  • mineral in rocks sediment in oceans
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Exchange pool

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  • atmosphere
  • soil
  • water
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Biotic community

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  • producers
  • consumers
  • decomposers
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  • any area in the environment where materials are readily available
  • part of a cycle that holds an element or water for a short period of time
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exchange pool

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place where something is kept in store

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reservoir

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group of organisms that live together and interact with each other within an environment or habitat

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biotic community

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biotic community is also known as a

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biota or ‘biocoenosis’

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__ (reservoir and exchange pool) + __ (organisms) = ___

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physical and chemical elements + biotic = dynamic system (ecosystem)

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self-regulating, dynamic unit composed of interacting biotic and abiotic components

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ecosystem

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Ecosystem is a ___, __ __ composed of interacting __ and __ __

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  • self-regulating
  • dynamic unit
  • biotic and abiotic components
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Two characteristics of an ecosystem

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  1. Self-regulating
  2. Self-perpetuating
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Components of the self-regulating characteristic of an ecosystem

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  1. Carrying capacity
  2. Maximum sustainable yield
  3. Waste assimilative capacity
  4. Presence of natural enemies
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maintaining ecological balance by harmonizing the “input-output” processes that occur within it

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Self-regulating

40
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maximum number of individuals of a given species that a habitat can support without depleting its resources

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carrying capacity

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maximum limit of production of an ecosystem that would still allow the physical environment to recycle nutrients to support succeeding production cycles and sustain itself

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maximum sustainable yield

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ability of ecosystems to take in and recycle waste products

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waste assimilative capacity

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maintaining balance in the population of predator and preys

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presence of natural enemies

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  • living components have reproductive capabilities that allow species to continue their existence
  • ability of the population to reproduce
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Self-perpetuating

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If not observed:
carrying capacity

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death of organism

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If not observed:
maximum sustainable yield

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exhaustion of nutrients leading to the decline in production

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If not observed:
waste assimilation capacity

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pollution

48
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If not observed:
natural enemies

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pests

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If not observed:
self-perpetuating

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extinction

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Principles of Ecology

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  1. Nature knows best
  2. All life forms are important
  3. Everything is connected to everything else
  4. Everything must go somewhere
  5. Ours is a finite earth
  6. Humans are stewards of nature

z - BIO104 - General Ecology (Lecture) (10 decks)

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