Introduction to Ecology Flashcards
- study of structure and function of nature or the study of ecosystems
- interactions which determine distribution and abundance of organisms
- deals with the prediction of biomass, productivity and diversity
- description, explanation and prediction of individuals, populations and communities in space and time
What is ecology?
Prof. Ernst Haeckel
Originally coined ecology in 1866 in General Morphology
Theophrastus
He wrote about the relations between organisms and the environment
Carl Ludwig Willdenow
One of the early plant geographers and pointed out that similar climates supported vegetation even though species were different
Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
Correlated vegetation with environmental characteristics and coined the term Plant Association
Johannes Warming
Wrote the first text on Plant Ecology
Plantesamfund
The first text on Plant Ecology
R.A Lindeman
Traced energy-available relationship within a lake community
The Tropic-Dynamic Aspects of Ecology
Lindeman’s paper that marked the beginning of Ecosystem Ecology
Food Chain, Food Web, and Energy Transfer
Tropic Dynamics
Charles Darwin
Compared similarities and dissimilarities among organisms within continents
Thomas Malthus
An economist who said that populations grow in a geometric fashion
Malthusian Theory or Law of Carrying Capacity
What does Thomas Malthus’ theory called?
Malthusian Theory
Population doubles over time until the outstrip of food supply
Population Ecology
Concerned with the population growth, fluctuation, spread and interactions
Evolutionary Ecology
Concerned with the natural selection and evolution of populations
Physiological Ecology
Concerned with the responses of individuals to temperature moisture, light etc.
Gregor Mendel
Provided the foundation for the study of evolution and adaptation, the field of population genetics
- Individual
- Population
- Community
- Ecosystem
- Biosphere
Ecological Levels/Hierarchy
- Landscape
- Ecosystem
- Physiological
- Behavioral
- Community
Kinds of ecology by concept and perspective
- Plant
- Animal
- Microbe
- Zooplankton
- Human
- Deer
- Tree
Kinds of ecology by organism
- Terrestrial
- Lakes and streams (Limnology)
- Marine (Oceanography)
- Arctic
- Rainforest
- Benthic Thermal Vents
- Urban
Kinds of ecology by habitat
- Theoretical
- Conservation
- Agricultural
- Public Policy
- Academic
- Management
- Restoration
Kinds of ecology by application
