Final! Ecology Flashcards
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Ecology
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biology of interactions - how living things interact.
2
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Levels of Ecology
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- population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Ecosystem Ecology
3
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what do the 3 levels of ecology study.
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- population ecology - is the most basic, deals with 1 specie
- community deals with all species in one place.
- 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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- deals with groups of individuals of a certain area
- study how and why the Number of individuals in a population change over time.
- 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.
8
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3 types of Dispersion
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- clumped dispersion
- uniform dispersion
- random dispersion