Ecology and Ecosystems notes
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- Branches of Ecology33
- Biotic and Abiotic Factors18
- Biomes and Types of Ecosystems60
- Aquatic Ecosystems20
- Populations, Communities and Species Interactions28
- Biodiversity44
- Energy Flow and Food Webs21
- Biogeochemical Cycles24
- Ecological Succession and Ecosystem Stability16
- Ecosystem Services60
- Human Impacts on Ecosystems66
- Conservation and Sustainable Ecosystems17
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Tropical Rainforests Ecosystem Distribution and Characteristics Tropical rainforests take up approximately 7% of the Earth's land surface. The main areas of tropical rainforest are the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and South East Asia.  ...
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Untitled Habitat Area that promotes: Occupancy Survival Habitat loss is the #1 threat to biodiversity Habitat loss Invasive species Pollution Population growth of humans Overharvesting 88% of species listed are endanger...
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APES UNIT 2 STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 4 The tree of life: Archaea: Microbes living in the most extreme enviorments~ more closley related to Eukaryoites~ Eukarya: Humans, plants and fungi~have a membrane and cell organs Bacteria: Cells do no...
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Abiotic & Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors Temp Light Water Atmospheric Gases Wind Soil Physiographic Temperature Indication of the amount of heat energy in the system Plants cannot regulate own temp, animals can. Most animals keep body temp by...
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The Living World
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Mangrove ecosystem Flux of energy and matter through ecosystem = Mangrove ecosystem as an example Mangrove ecosystem - most fertile coastal ecosystem - essential to the life cycle of marine life - Soft, silty & shallow. - Grow a lot in ...
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Earth Sciences Natural Ecosystem Changes: Key terms Natural Selection: The Process where individuals with advantages are able to produce and pass along their traits to their offspring Unfavourable Characteristics:&...
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Ecological Succession LU 5 - ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION Definition = observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. Such as ? = forest could once be a lake like 1000 years ago. Mosses, shrubs, and smal...
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Coral Reef CASE STUDY Living coral reefs are the foundation for many marine species, and thus a crucial support for human life. The coral reef ecosystem is an intricate and diverse collection of species that interact with each other and th...
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ECOLOGY - creado desde un Mapa Mental_1 ECOSYSTEM BIOTOP BIOCOENOSIS BIOSPHERE HABITAT BIOMES TERRESTRIAL AQUATIC Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (tropical and subtropical, humid) Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests (temperate, humid) Tro...
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Chapter 24 Biodiversity and Ecosystem FunctionIntroduction Human activities alter biodiversity - agriculture, invasive introductions on purpose or via global transport of goods. Global changes in atmospheric chemistry alters reg...
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Lecture 1 Notes Brief history of migration-Pre 5000 years ago Europe was covered in ice up to the Pyranees, Alps, Balkan mountains.-These mountain ranges created a barrier. Most biodiversity (seed sources) were South of these barrier...
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Untitled An ‘Ecosystem’ is a region with a specific and recognizable landscape form such as forest, grassland, desert, wetland, or coastal area. The nature of the ecosystem is based on its geographical features such as hills, ...
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Untitled Food Webs: · Autotrophs produce food · Organisms classified into three groups producers, consumers and decomposers · Producers: - Convert simple inorganic chemicals to complex organic molecules (food) - Use solar radi...
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Ecosystems in the UK Moorlands Moorlands are areas of land that are not intensively farmed. They are generally upland areas with acidic, peaty soils and heavy rainfall. There are very few trees; the main plants are small shrubs. These eco...
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Folke et al. REGIME SHIFTS, RESILIENCE, AND BIODIVERSITY IN ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT There is uncertainty to how ecosystems will respond to increasing human caused disturbance. Ecosystem function is challenged. The paper proposes that there needs to be a focus on maintaining resilience in ecosystems, ...
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Ecosystem Change change over time within species - evolution within ecosystem (biotic) - succession within ecosystem (abiotic) - weathering, erosion, geological uplift, climate change Successionchange to mixture of species within comm...
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Assignment 27 : Carbon Dioxide and the Biosphere Carbon dioxide makes up only about 0.03 percent of the atmosphere and its concentration varies from place to place. Carbon dioxide enters the oceans where the water meets the atmosphere.Molecules of carbohydrates, pro...
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Conservation values Beyond value (Collar 2003) conservation is disadvantaged as the benefits are often less tangible economic valuation of nature has three drawbacks: masks the way we really value nature is a relative value subject to th...
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Ecosystems
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Chapters 3 and 4-2 The word ecology was created by a German biologist Ernst Haeckel. It was based off of the Greek word oikos, meaning house. Scientists use three basic approaches to conduct modern ecological research, observing, experi...
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6. Biodiversity Introduction to Biodiversity:Definition: Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they ar...
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Invasive Species Invasive Species (intro) Every plant and animal species prefer to live in certain habitats – for example, rainforests, grasslands, deserts or shallow seas – where they can find enough food, water, and s...
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Energy Flows Energy and Nutrients: Energy and nutrient flows are fundamental to an ecosystem functioning properly Nutrient cycling - the feedback of minerals from decomposed organic material back into plants Energy flows - the flo...
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Wardle et al. The Influence of Island Area on Ecosystem Properties This study compares different boreal islands off of Sweden of different sizes and fire regimes (larger ones burn down more often).Area of islands is important in determining the island ecosystem.All of the islands stu...
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Recreational ecosystem services (RES) of landscapes - creado desde un Mapa Mental Benefits people obtain from As an important class of cultural ecosystem services (CES), recreational ecosystem services (RES) benefit people through improved physical health The recreational ecosystems services have b...
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Study Plant Ecology why certain species grow in association with one another or in a particular habitat/circumstance is very important. Recognising habitats from their component speciesStudying Vegetation; the basal component of terrestr...
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Ecosystem Support Systems Ecosystems are identified by their dominant vegetation cover. They provide different life support systems.Green Lungs: Forests remove CO2 from the atmosphere. This reduces global warming Forests give out oxygen - puri...
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Science 10 2.3 The Effects of Bioaccumulation on Ecosystems Amphibians- Good indicators 4 scientists on health of ecosystem - sensitive 2 chem/pollutantsBioaccumulation- Gradual build-up o chem in organisms- Chemicals enter thru respiration, food intake/skin...
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Ulrich. Forest ecosystem theory based on material balance Ecosystems are dynamic. Dynamic systems are made up of the following: Input vectors, all inputs which have an influence on the state vector. Output vectors all the outputs from the ecosystem onto the environment. The ...
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BIOL 302: Habitat restoration plan BIOL 302: Habitat restoration plan Introduction: 4 main aims: restore locally disturbed sites, restore ecological processes over a landscape scale, enhance nature conservation values in protected landscapes and improv...
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terrestrial and aquatic environment When there is no living organisms present within an environment with new organism colonizing the area will rely on favorable environmental conditions to allow them to successfully live and reproduce ( Abiotic Fa...
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ch 10 In the earths long history there have been many periods of global warming often followed by centuries of cold scientists wonder if human activities might be contributing to global warming green house effect trading he...
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Ecology - creado desde un Mapa Mental Study of how organisms interact with one another and with their nonliving environment. Environmental science Biology
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Wardle et al - Ecosystem Properties and Forest Decline in Contrasting Long-Term Chronosequences Studies the decline phase of mature forests in relation to ecosystem function.Following disturbance there is succession. If there is no disturbance then productivity drops and standing biomass can actually decrease. T...
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Global Environment - Chapter 4 notes Natural Selection: The process of better-selected individuals passing their traits to the next generation is called natural selection. Usually though not always the dominant individual gets rights to reproduce. Tolera...
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Dimensions of carnivore conflict in NTz - created from Mind Map Ecosystem Level Household Level Land rights
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Science: Ecology Most Inportant Notes:-what limits populatio size in an ecosystem?-ECOLOGY COVER PAGE-ecology quiz answers-Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification-Biodiversity-Extinction-Species at risk-non-native/native invasive species...
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Chapter 2.1 Notes Energy Flow in Ecosystems biomass: the mass of all living things in a given area biomass is sometimes used to convert the mass of organic materials used to produce biofuels such as biogas biomass is measured in g/m² o...
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MSH Recovery - created from Mind Map Bro How has the post-eruption ecosystem changed/recovered? What will determine which species recolonize and the order of recolonization?
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