Ecosystem Flashcards
All the population in a given area
Community
Ecological system consisting of populations of organisms which interact with nonliving environment
Ecosystom
Two types of ecosystem
Closed
Open
Components on an ecosystem
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Physical Environment
The part of the earth containing living organisms
Biosphere
3 major divisions of the biosphere
Marine: ocean, seas
Principal freshwater
Land
Large and easily recognizable communities
Biomes
Clearcut boundary between 2 biomes
Clines
Areas where 2 biomes merge or blend
Ecotones
Uniform type of life form comprising biomes
Climax vegetation
8 types of Biomes
Tundra Coniferous Forest Broad-Leaved Deciduos Forest Grassland Sagebrush Chaparral Deserts Tropical Rain Forest
The study of animal distribution and factors controlling it
Zoogeography
Animals living in an area
Fauna
Plants living in an area
Flora
Flora + Fauna
Biota
Listing of plant forms
Vegetation
Entire extent of land or water which species occurs
Geographic Range
External factors that limit distribution
Barriers
Forms of Barriers
Physical
Climate
Biological
Largest units of distribution
Zoogeographic regions
6 zoogeographic realms
Australian Paleotropic Indomalayan Paleartic Nearctic Neotropic