lecture 1

Question 1

What is ecosystem ecology?

Answer 1

• Study of the interactions between organisms and their environment as an integrated system

Question 2

what is an ecosystem?

Answer 2

biological community plus all of the abiotic factors influencing the community

Question 3

what does ecosystem ecology address + focus on?

Answer 3

• Addresses interactions that link biotic systems with abiotic systems (on which they depend)
  
  • Focuses on flow of energy and materials within an ecosystem ie through organisms and their environment

Question 4

what does ecosystem ecology link? framework?

Answer 4

• The flow of energy and materials through organisms and the physical environment provides a framework for understanding the diversity of form and functioning of earths physical and biological processes