ECOLOGY

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ECOLOGY
  1. History
    1. Jean-Baptiste Lamark XVIII: Author of zoological phylosophy
      1. Charles Darwin: The theorie of the origin of species
        1. Ernest Haechel: The first to use the term Ecology
          1. Henry Chandler: Introduce the concept of ecological community in time and space
            1. John Murray: Publish in 1912 the depths of the ocean
              1. Linderna: Ecosystem = Flow of energy
                1. Arthur George Tansley: Introduce the concept of ecosystem
                  1. E.Birge: Inrtoduces the term Ecology
                    1. Rachel Carson: Explains the indiscriminate use of pesticides and the effects on water soil and people
                      1. Carolous Linneaus XVI: He did the first classification of species or taxonomy
                        1. Eugene P. Odum: Father if contemporary ecology
                          1. Descartes Renaissance: He propsed an approach to nature through mental reasoning
                            1. Jacques Cousteau: Images of the fragility of marine ecosystem
                              1. Aristotle: Conclude that the Earth was round
                                1. Jorge Soberón: Promotes international cooperation programs in the areas of climate change
                                2. Enviroment
                                  1. FACTORS
                                    1. The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community determine its form and survival
                                      1. Abiotic
                                        1. Physical and Chemical conditions in the enviroment
                                          1. CO2: Is the basis of photosynthesis
                                            1. Soil: The main source of rawmaterials.
                                              1. Water: Is vital for the survival of all living beings.
                                                1. Atmosphere: Earth's layer of gaseous surrounding the crust.
                                                  1. Solar Energy: Is the main source of energy in Earth's and precusor of the photosynthetic process.
                                                  2. Biotic
                                                    1. Any living components in an ecosystem.
                                                      1. Clasification
                                                        1. Autotrophs: Produce their own food.
                                                          1. Decomposers: Destroy other organisms and return elements to the soil.
                                                            1. Heterotrophs: Consume those who do the autotrophs.
                                                    2. Branches
                                                      1. Autecology
                                                        1. Analyses the mutual interactions between the enviroment and the organisms that dwell in it.
                                                          1. Organisms:
                                                            1. Humans
                                                              1. Insects
                                                                1. Bacterias
                                                            2. Synecology
                                                              1. Study the community and the enviroment that surrounds it within a geographiacl area
                                                                1. Community
                                                                  1. Ecological restoration
                                                                    1. Is a series of actions to recover all or part of the structure functioning of a damaged community.
                                                                    2. Emergent Properties:
                                                                      1. -Species richness Numer of species forming a community
                                                                        1. -Composition: Set of species that made up the community
                                                                          1. Strucure: The way a community is organized
                                                                            1. Horizontal stratification: Distribution of organisms on Earth's surface.
                                                                              1. Vertical Stratification: Distribution of organisms including on the ground, water or sky.
                                                                              2. Physiognomy: The visual aspect of the species
                                                                                1. Diversity: The variety of individuals that make up the community.
                                                                                  1. Successional Status: Development characteristics and recovery process after a community distrubance
                                                                                  2. Succession Dynamics: Change occurring In the structure of communities over time.
                                                                                    1. Disturbance severe: Communities and even the soil disappear . The soil and the community recovery are very slow.
                                                                                      1. Disturbance less: Doesn't remove all the soil organisms and maintains many of its properties the regenration of vegetation and wild life is much faster
                                                                                2. Population Ecology
                                                                                  1. Studies population in terms of its enviroment and relationships with other populations
                                                                                    1. Population
                                                                                      1. Emergent Propertties:
                                                                                        1. Size
                                                                                          1. Number of organisms that make up a population
                                                                                          2. Density
                                                                                            1. How close individuals are with each other.
                                                                                            2. Distribution pattern refers to the order of organisms in a population
                                                                                              1. Aggregated: Population form groups
                                                                                                1. Random: Randomly distribution on a teritotory.
                                                                                                  1. Uniform: The pattern is regular, occurs in areas of crops.
                                                                                                  2. Demograohic parameters: Parameters that lead to numerical changes in population
                                                                                                    1. Birth rate: how many individuals are born
                                                                                                      1. Mortality rate: Number of individuals who die in agiven time.
                                                                                                        1. Immigration rate: movement of individuals between population (Individuals entering the population
                                                                                                          1. Emigration: movement of individuals between population (individuals leaving population)
                                                                                                          2. Growth population rate: Measures the result of births deaths inmigration and emmigration that affect the size
                                                                                                            1. Population structure: Configuartion of the population.
                                                                                                      2. Ecosystem Ecology
                                                                                                        1. It deals with mass and energy flows between organisms and the abiotic components in their enviroment
                                                                                                      3. Method of study
                                                                                                        1. 1.- Observe and measure phenomena or characterization: Perform observation using senses.
                                                                                                          1. 2.- Form Hypothesis: explanations: Measures observations and measuraments of the subject of study or phenomenon
                                                                                                            1. 3.- Experiment test the predictions done by the hypothesis in order to prove it right or wrong
                                                                                                              1. 4.- Make conclusions: If the hypothesis was prove correct then it turns into scientific knowledge. If wrong a new hypothesis needs to be form or more observations.
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