Final! Ecology Flashcards

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Ecology

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biology of interactions - how living things interact.

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Levels of Ecology

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  1. population Ecology
  2. Community Ecology
  3. Ecosystem Ecology
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what do the 3 levels of ecology study.

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  1. population ecology - is the most basic, deals with 1 specie
  2. community deals with all species in one place.
  3. everything in one place, (including living & non-living things. (humitity, rocks)
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Population

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a group of species that live in one place and have potential to interact and mate.

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Population Ecology

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  1. deals with groups of individuals of a certain area
  2. study how and why the Number of individuals in a population change over time.
  3. is measured by Density & Dispersion
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Density

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the number of individuals per unit area or volume.

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Dispersion

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is the pattern spacing among individuals.

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3 types of Dispersion

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  1. clumped dispersion
  2. uniform dispersion
  3. random dispersion
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