Lecture 2

Question 1

Modern ecology

Answer 1

“is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with their physical environment.”

Question 2

Classic ecology

Answer 2

“the study of the processes influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms”

Question 3

Emergent property

Answer 3

“a property that is not present in the level’s component parts but emerge from these parts’ interactions and relationships”

Question 4

Holobiont

Answer 4

“the assemblage of a host and the many other species living in or around it, which together form a discrete ecological unit through symbiosis”