BISC 102 Lecture 22: Intro to Ecology- Lecture Notes
10 Aug 2016
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What are we doing today? de ning ecology and its various branches ecology vs. environmentalism how ecologists tackle questions - distribution of species on a rocky shore as an example. Biotic environment all the living things that an organism deals with, including members of its own and other species. Abiotic environment the physical and chemical features of the environment. The scope of ecology life can be studied at a range of scales (all the way from atoms to galaxies) ecology covers organisms at the smallest scale and the largest scale they cover ecosystems. Organismal ecology study of interactions of individuals organisms with each other and with their abiotic environment we can study individuals Behaviour = behavioural ecology often ecologists specialize in these above. Population ecology study of the factors that a ect population size and composition over time population: group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
